3 years of experience in smart home & HomeKit I want to share knowledge with anyone struggling to add incompatible devices to HomeKit. Experienced with many workarounds, write about the best methods.
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Aqara works with Apple HomeKit in two ways: natively via an Aqara Hub (M2, M3, M200, or G3), or directly via Matter for newer Wi-Fi and Thread-based devices that no longer require a hub at all. If you have an older Aqara device or one that doesn't support
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Geeni is disappointing, no I am being serious Geeni is amazing in so many ways, but it is not complete with Apple HomeKit! I love my Geeni devices, Geeni offers a broad range of smart devices from bulbs to cameras, and it is even cost-effective. Despite all this, their devices
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Any other iPhone users who are huge fans of Xiaomi Home devices? Because I am the biggest fan of Xiaomi Home, and I have been using Xiaomi for a year now. But the only issue is that it is incompatible with Apple HomeKit. So, I discovered some of the best
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Have you ever wondered how to add Nest Thermostat to Apple Home? As an iPhone user, I was mostly confused about how to connect Google Nest to Apple Homekit and control them using Apple Home App and Siri. So, here is an article on what I found and experienced in
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It’s a chilly morning. I grabbed my phone to warm up the house. But my Google Nest Thermostat doesn’t talk to my Apple Home app. Frustrating, right? Good news! There’s a simple way to fix this. From these methods, I could connect my Nest Thermostat to HomeKit.
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Samsung TV HomeKit integrations are so easy! Yes, that’s right so, I replaced my Apple TV with a Samsung TV. It is not compatible with HomeKit, and I needed full home automation. I found a few methods to add the Samsung TV to Apple HomeKit quite easily. I have
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Do you also dream of a UniFi HomeKit integration? If so, you came to the right place. As a huge UniFi fan, the only issue I had was that I couldn’t create a UniFi Protect to Apple HomeKit integration, I got into work and tried to see if there
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One small statement to state, a Hikvision HomeKit integration would solve all Hikvision Apple users’ problems. I am not being dramatic! Hikvision is known for their surveillance cameras and security so as Hikvision user who also prefers the Apple Home app interface, an Apple HomeKit Hikvision integration is a dream.
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APPLE PLEASE! Apple, please make Shelly devices compatible! It is so annoying that Shelly is incompatible with Apple HomeKit. Anyway, I'm tired of adding your Shelly device to Apple HomeKit, only to be hit with the dreaded “not supported” message? Yeah, it’s frustrating. So, I decided to
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Controversial opinion, Blink cameras are some of the best smart devices to be invented, the only issue is that it is incompatible with Apple HomeKit. I honestly love Blink cameras and even better, a Blink camera HomeKit integration! These are the best solutions I have found so far. Let’s
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Adding Sonos to HomeKit was probably one of the best decisions I have ever made. As we know most Sonos devices are HomeKit incompatible, so I tried out a few methods that allows the Sonos HomeKit integration. Let me introduce the third-party solutions that I found: * AddtoHomeKit [Recommended Solution] * Homebridge
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Zemismart HomeKit was one of my biggest needs as a person with a lot of Zemismart devices. While I thought a it would be impossible to do so, it was not. During my quest to find good solutions to add Zemismart devices to HomeKit I came across four amazing solutions:
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Adding Eero devices to HomeKit is not a big deal hereafter. Yes, it is possible! Eero HomeKit integrations were probably one of the most demanded integrations which is why I got to work. I have tried out a few solutions that allow you to add any Eero devices to Apple
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Argue with me but Geeni has some of the best cameras out there. The only issue is that most of the Geeni devices are incompatible with HomeKit, as an avid Apple user this was pretty frustrating. Which is why, I decided to check out some third-party solutions that will allow
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I am going to say it, Schlage is one of the best smart locks out there and it is way too underrated. Integrating your Schlage smart locks with Apple HomeKit is a game-changer for home automation. Schlage HomeKit compatibility has long been desired (by me and a lot of people)
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Alexa is better than Siri, I said what I said. The issue is Alexa Echo Dot is not compatible with Apple HomeKit, so it is not possible to use Alexa Echo Dot with an iPhone. I tried to find some solutions for this issue and here is what I came