Future Article Ideas

Future Article Ideas

• Aqara section

• Advanced Automations

  • If/Then

  • Shortcuts

  • Custom Audio Files

  • RFID tags

• Apps for Controllers - Dashboards and Widgets

• HomeBridge/HomeAssistant

• HomeKit Wish List - Added 2/1/20

• HomeKit Negatives

• Wallpaper Sync - Added 2/15/20

• Resetting Hubs - Added 2/15/20

• Software Betas - Added 2/15/20

• TV vs Smart TV - Added 2/15/20

• Virtual Switches - Added 2/20/20

• Fix for Siri Not Recognizing Devices - Added 3/6/21

• HomePod Speaker Grouping - Added 3/7/20

• Controlled Reboots - Added 3/6/21

• Lutron Pico Remote - Wish it was Available in HomeKit:

  • If you only have a few scenes you'd like to control with a Pico, there exists a non-homebridge work around that uses the Lutron plug in dimmer module. Configure the Pico to set a specific dimmer setting, and then have the home app monitor the dimmer module setting and execute a scene when when the dimmer setting is visible. You can control up to three HomeKit scenes with a single Pico remote using this method.

  • It's kludgy, and it will cost you a dimmer module, but it is relatively easy to set up for the cost of a dimmer module.