Automations & Shortcuts
Custom Siri Announcements for Your Home!
Have Siri welcome you home when you open the door, alert you with an “intruder alert” if the alarm is triggered, or announce that a window has been opened!
Automations & Shortcuts
FLIC Smart Home Buttons for HomeKit!
Flic buttons are compatible with over 1000 devices and services, recently including HomeKit. You can use these tiny little buttons to control your phone, numerous apps and services, your Mac, and, of course, your smart home! Enter Discount Code: SHANE for 10% OFF Flic Shop: https://geni.us/FlicShop Flic User Manuals, Tutorials Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
3 EASY Shortcuts for your HomePod
Take advantage of automations and shortcuts from your HomePod! In this video we’ll discuss 3 EASY ways you can use shortcuts to get the most out of your HomePod or HomePod Mini!
Automations & Shortcuts
Automations & Shortcuts Explained
What are Shortcuts? What’s the differences between Personal Automations or Home Automations? What is “convert to shortcut” and when to use it? We’ll also create a simple Shortcut, a Personal Automation, and a Home Automation (convert to shortcut).
Automations & Shortcuts
Smart Home Ideas with VOCOlinc Contact Sensors
This video is all about creating easy, practical, and creative HomeKit automations with contact sensors. We will be using the new VS1 Door & Window Sensor made by VOCOlinc. Visit the Vocolinc Amazon Store Please note: this page contains affiliate links that allow you to easily find the recommended products Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
Top 10 Siri Commands for HomeKit
Top 10 Siri voice commands for controlling your smart home that you may not know!
Automations & Shortcuts
Conditional HomeKit Automations with the Eve App
The Eve app is a great tool for creating conditional HomeKit automations! HomeKit has a lot of capability that cannot be reached using Apple’s Home app, and that’s where tools tools like the Eve app come in. We’ll set up 3 awesome HomeKit automations using the Eve app in this Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
AWESEME HomeKit Automations & Shortcuts: Part 2
Part two of our more advanced HomeKit automations and Siri Shortcuts. 00:00 Intro 00:57 Overview02:46 Creating a Siri Morning Brief19:45 Running an Automation Server with PushCuts28:02 Scheduling Time Based Shortcuts28:53 Wrapping It All Up! AWESOME HomeKit Automations & Shortcuts PART 1 https://youtu.be/1BpcvCUw_kc To Download My “Wake Up W/ Siri” Shortcut, Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
Awesome HomeKit Automations & Shortcuts: Part 1
This is the first of a two part video series in which we will be setting up some slightly more advanced HomeKit automations and Shortcuts. 1. Make a shortcut that pings your wallet every time you connect to CarPlay. Never loose or leave your wallet behind again! 2. Make a Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
HOW TO: Set HomeKit Scenes with a Lutron Pico Remote
Use the button on the Lutron Pico remote to set HomeKit scenes! I’ve used Lutron Caseta smart wall switches in my HomeKit setup for a long time. A big selling point is that you can pair these with the Pico remotes for 3 way switch setups (two switches that control Read more…