Add the accessory: Using the Home app on your iOS device, add the accessory by scanning the QR code on the sensor or by manually entering the serial number. Once the app detects the accessory, follow the prompts to add it to your HomeKit environment. Smartmi's P1 Air Purifier keeps your home's air fresh and clean with HomeKit and Siri, convenience. This HEPA air purifier covers small to medium rooms — up to 180 square feet, with customizable fan speeds and an automatic mode that ramps up when the onboard particulate sensors detect a change in the air. It'll filter out 99.7% of all in-air contaminants, so you can be sure that the air you're breathing is clean.

Pull the battery tab: The sensor is powered by a CR2450, and you’ll want to pull the battery tab out of the large part of the sensor to activate it.

Note: This will always set the target temperature to 1 degree above the inside temperature displayed on your Hive thermostat. The latest HomeKit-enabled accessory from Meross adds smart home convenience to a wide variety of existing garage door openers. Open and Shut Select the triggering value from the options presented. This will depend on the accessory you chose. It may be a binary value like Open or Close, or when a value Rises Above or Drops Below a certain number. These value-based triggers will likely need some trial and error to get the right threshold. For A Sensor Detects Something, you’ll be able to select sensors that report specific events like open/closed, motion/no motion, as well as certain sensors that have values, like temperature or light level. For other sensor types you’ll need to use a third-party app. Here’s how to create HomeKit sensor triggers in third party apps.

HomeKit door and window alarms or sensors provide you with an easy way to monitor the status of your house. With these sensors, you can immediately receive notifications when the status changes, and they work with other HomeKit accessories, allowing powerfulautomation. When it comes to the cool factor, there’s just something awesome about your blinds or curtains opening by themselves in the morning. This is no longer the work of sci-fi, Siri can now handle that for you. This one requires a more advanced shortcut and a third-party app to provide custom, dynamic notifications. Both Controller and Puschut can do this depending on what other features you want to use.With the Ecoey door sensor, you can remotely monitor the status of your door or window in real-time by connecting it to the Tuya APP. It can be used as a HomeKit hub and also provides convenient access to Siri so that you can control your other HomeKit devices with your voice. Siri can recognise up to 6 different family members via the HomePod Mini and provide personalised responses. For instance, you can create a HomeKit automation to turn on your living room lights when the front door is opened after 7 p.m. This can be especially helpful if you’re coming home after dark, as you won’t have to fumble around for a light switch. You can also set it to turn on lights in your master bedroom if a window is opened after a certain time, etc. Think about the number of teen movies where people sneak in and out of houses to get into trouble that would be avoided with devices like this! Installation process

An extension of the above with the ability to define filters that must be passed before the actions will be performed. The filters are similar to triggers being device state, sensor thresholds, geofence presence, time and date. If conditions are supported, more than one can typically be combined with AND and OR options (all conditions, or any one of the conditions). HomeKit supports all of these to some level. Delay Actions (if A then B after X mins) Lifx A19 LED Bulbs are another great HomeKit-compatible option. Delivering 1,100 lumens, they’re about as bright as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. However, they’re energy-efficient at only 11 watts, and they have a 22-year lifespan. With 16 million color options and no hub required, Lifx A19s offers a lot in a compact-sized bulb, including the Candle Color, the first smart LED bulb that can emit multiple colors of light at once. Open the iPhone ‘Settings’ app > Tap your Apple ID at the top > Tap ‘iCloud’ > Scroll down and enable ‘iCloud Drive’ > Scroll down further and enable ‘Hive’. Now your favorite Hue products work with your Apple devices. You can adjust dimming, change colors in certain rooms, sync your lights, set scenes, and more. The Philips Hue Starter Kit is a great way to get started with smart lighting. This level of complexity was something completely absent from HomeKit for a while, but we are starting to get the tools to build these more complex automation rules, although again, it’s not obvious at first glance.Apple TV can also act as a HomeKit hub and you can use the Apple TV to trigger scenes. However, you can’t create new scenes or add accessories as there’s no Home app for the Apple TV just yet. Being able to control your smart home using your voice is awesome, but it’s not always the most convenient. Especially if you have guests around that don’t know the commands, or you don’t want to make noise at night. There are pros and cons, but we use it ourselves for its straightforward integration with Apple gizmos. The platform is baked into the phone you already own, so it couldn’t be easier to get started. You can simply add items like smart light bulbs or plugs to your home setup, and include a smart speaker through Apple’s HomePod or a streaming device like the Apple TV. Either of these can act as a “home hub”, enabling you to command and automate your home while you’re away. However, on a windy day it sprays water all over the place, so I wanted a way to turn it off while it’s too windy. I need to use IFTTT for this particular case as HomeKit doesn’t support wind speed as a sensor input, but the same process would apply for other scenarios with HomeKit supported values. Set up the automation: After building up your automation, be sure to test it to ensure that it’s working as expected. If it’s not working correctly, you can refine the automation by adjusting the trigger, action, or conditions. Finally, press “done,” and the automation is ready to go.

The Netatmo Smoke Alarm is the only device I came across that’s available in the UK and directly supports HomeKit. It doesn’t connect directly to a HomePod, you’ll need to connect it to your Wi-Fi router and set it up with the native app before adding it to HomeKit. HomeKit garage door openers offer more than just the ability to determine the status of your garage door. These openers can open and close automatically when you arrive or leave your home, work in tandem with other devices in automation, and of course, can work with Siri. Smart notifications can alert you to the comings and goings of others, or if someone is attempting to sneak into your home.If you want to see notifications for your HomeKit and Matter accessories on more than one device, turn on notifications on each device. While Eve Door & Window are compatible with HomeKit and Thread, it doesn’t work with Alexa or Google Assistant. That means the sensor is pretty much only for Apple users. The advantage of this is that your older Wemo devices will work with your system again. The Apple TV 4K is also a terrific, trustworthy bridge for HomeKit devices. Stay tuned for Matter CSA The Meross Smart Plug (HomeKit Edition) can be used to turn any device smart. It’s 13amp which makes it suitable for any device up to 2990W in the UK.