Today we are exploring the new Advanced Notification feature of the Controller for HomeKit app. Advanced HomeKit Notifications offer a new level of interaction between you and your smart home. With them, your home can notify you about everything important Read more…
The new Aqara Cube T1 Pro is a HomeKit scene controller. You can use this to control any of your smart home accessories, and even your siri shortcuts. Watch the video to see why this might be the ultimate companion Read more…
All of the HOMEKIT Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals in one place!
Join me as I take you on a tour of my Smart Home! Everything is controlled through Apple HomeKit. Download the Sponsored by Signals for HomeKit app. Download it today! https://homemadeautomation.com/signal… Products Seen in Video: Abode Iota Security Starter Kit Read more…
The Connectivity Standards Alliance hosted a “Matter Launch Event” on November 3rd, 2022. Matter is a new smart home standard being adopted by many manufacturers and companies. Let’s discuss all the news and announcements that came from this event and Read more…
The Smartmi P2 is the first fully portable smart air purifier for HomeKit. WIth it’s built-in battery and handle, you can take this ANYWHERE! We’ll take a look at all of the features and try to determine if this would Read more…
The Eve Light Switch is a connected smart switch that supports HomeKit over Thread. Today we’ll discuss the features, installation, pros and cons, and my thoughts on this new smart switch. Purchase the Eve Smart Light Switch: https://geni.us/EveSwitcht Sponsored by Read more…
Apple just announced new models of the Apple TV 4K. What’s new? Should you buy one? Should you upgrade your current Apple TV? We’ll answer all these questions and more in today’s video The new Apple TV 4K is available Read more…
Imagine this… you are entertaining guest one night, then your nighttime automations run, leaving everyone in the dark and arming the security system. Not good.
In today’s video we’ll discuss how you can avoid this embarrassment by creating a simple “Guest Mode” in HomeKit. Essentially we are creating a system that will skip automations at the times we don’t want them to run. Get creative and use this concept for other ways such as vacation mode, babysitter mode, and more!
Amazon is holding another big sales event October 11-12. Just like Prime Day, this can be a great time to take advantage of big discounts on some of our favorite smart home tech. I’ve gone through all of the smart home deals and gathered all of the HOMEKIT related discounts in one place.