When Insteon suddenly closed it’s doors leaving all us users stranded with a lot of useless devices, I searched for replacement automation devices and controllers. After buying a few for testing, I settled on Apple HomeKit as the best of the bunch. And with no regrets. HomeKit works to perfection. It is extremely easy to setup and executes commans fast.
A bit of advice: Make sure that your devices are approved for HomeKit and are labeled as such on the packages. Devices not so approved may or may not work. True that they cost a bit more, they are worth it.
Also, if you need to have remote access, you will need a hub. I’m successfully using an earlier Apple TV.
This worked basically all right for a few years—definitely not perfect and often had to kill the app to get things to respond, but the most important lights usually worked as expected. Since the last iOS update, zero lights have been responding. I have an old iPhone with iOS 14, and the app works on that device. So I guess in theory I could leave that (battery-challenged) phone plugged in all the time to control the lights… but at that point, normal light switches seem more convenient. Shockingly bad for an app made by Apple, run on an Apple device, getting Apple OS updates.
I unfortunately have been having many issues with my iPhone and Apple products. I don’t know if it is due to my carrier Verizon or if it is a SoftwareIssue. I have been in constant contact with both Apple and Verizon. I have had numerous security breaches online bank accounts and with other apps that require logging in with a password. I do not know if it was related to HomeKit put on myBrand new TV ( Lg) it is having a lot of issues pairing and or pairing and then changing the settings on its own. I have remove the app and reinstall multiple times with the guidance of both Apple and Verizon neither will give me a definitive answer on what the issue is. The only response I get is we do not know we will look into it further and inform you of what it is. This has been ongoing for approximately two weeks. Verizon has replaced my phone with a new phone feeling that it may have been compromised. On the new phone the same issues persist and if not worse. I 100% regret switching to Apple and VerizonSeeing the neither can resolve this issue. To say it is frustratingIs the understatement of the year!
Every time I open my app SOMETHING is showing up “No Response”. There is no 24/7 support, I work with computers for a living but need help just integrating my accessories into my Apple home. I am shocked this is an Apple product for how unreliable and glitchy it is. If you’re device is from Apple it works beautifully but as soon as a “HomeKit enabled” foreign device is connected it’s completely hit or miss. Because of this audio cuts out on my TV randomly, lights don’t respond consistently and sometimes I can’t even lock my door when I’m away.
PLEASE give us a Tech Support feature.
the more money people sink into having an Apple Home the more they rely on the HomeKit app for their daily routines.
I seriously want this app to work well. I like the simplicity and direct focus on smart home devices. But it’s so frustratingly unreliable when it really shouldn’t be. I even spent a lot of money a “state of the art” Orbi mesh router - one that has a dedicated IoT broadcast. And still, restricting all of my smart devices to a fixed 2.5ghz band is not enough to make this app stable. Why? Like why can it auto check a connection or perform a resync. I’ll look at my devices via my router and see that every one of them is still connected, yet HomeKit says otherwise. I found that after nearly none of my 15 or so smart switches are no longer connected in HomeKit, I can reboot my router and it mostly reconnects everything. Wow. Apple, please just find some start up home hub company, buy them out, and rebadge their reliable software as HomeKit, and call it a day. And scrap your current HomeKit.
I started home automation with Alexa and found it was not intuitive and was generally slow. I then moved to Nest / Google Home, the Nest app was good but Google Home is a confusing mess. I finally ended up swapping everything out for home pods and went all in on HomeKit. It is reliable, intuitive, and I like that their is a consistent way to add devices. I also really like to automation tools. While the other platforms have a few more options, HomeKit just works and is easier.
I’m a Homekit user and have been for years now. There issues that pop up a lot with certain devices compared to others and sometimes the home app just doesn’t function properly. I’d love it if I could run all the firmware updates within the home app instead of having to go to each app. Also would love it if I could create my home and my wife joined and everything looked the same including the wallpapers set. Would also like to have more information from my Homekit router in the home app and could even manage the router more within the app. All in all it’s a good system but there’s definitely room for improvement.
this app gives me clarity 🧘🏼♀️ i’ve noticed that a lot of ppl have issues w/ their devices staying connected - an tv might be needed to ground ur hub. it’s useless using a 📱 & this app alone, as you travel across data & wifi realms - that type of info needs a place to stash itself. for my lil family tho, this app pushes multiple tvs + countless bluetooth accessories, multi room lighting & my fave the automated music for when we wake up, go to bed & once we arrive 🏰. after some nerdy tinkering on my behalf it now links to the our cars console for my kids personal entertainment. the scripting capabilities are also a fave of mine as we have multi-color lighting & i want to set moods for studying/family time (EG. turquoise light eases 👁 strain, as well as focus issues.) i really hope can stop being anal retentive & let other programmable products such as cheaper wiLights that don’t cost $50 per bulb. luckily geeni products had our back 🥳
My review is not posting for some reason so I guess I will just have to give someone a call. Better yet I will take this junk iPhone to the store and give it back. I am done! I uninstalled my HomeKit a couple of months back but it is still showing up in some of my settings like under my Privacy app. I have seen it in other places as well. Why would it still be showing at all if it was deleted? I am concerned about privacy issues with my phone as someone has been logging into my App Store and ITunes. But they leave no paper trace other then they cut my home tab on in my security settings. And they use my braille settings, voiceover, etc. I have no use for thee settings and do not use them. So much for encryption!
My Homekit recently receives tons of spam invitations. The language of these spams should be Chinese.
I tested it personally. I am able to send Homekit invitations to anyone in the world as long as I know the registered email address of his iCloud account. Whether you click accept or reject, I can confirm that the iCloud account is active - which will be more valuable to spammers - and you may get more spams in the future. So in case you receive these spam invitations, DO NOT click accept or reject, just ignore them.
This is a potential security risk for all Apple users in the world. If I can choose "only receive Homekit invitations from contacts", it will effectively prevent Homekit invitations from being abused by spammers.
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