HomeLights for HomeKit

September 3, 2024

Hey there, HomeLights users! I’ve got a short but sweet update for you, packed with some cool new features and improvements to enhance your HomeKit lighting experience. Here’s what’s new in this version: Remote: - Main Switch for Room Control: Easily toggle all the lights in a room with a single tap. Perfect for turning everything on or off quickly! - Optimized performance for rooms with a lot of lights, ensuring smoother and faster control. Translations: - Bonjour! Hallo! Goedendag! HomeLights now supports French, German, and Dutch, making the app more accessible to users around the world. Live Activities: - Enhanced Live Activities for more reliable and responsive updates, keeping your real-time information accurate. I hope you enjoy these updates! If you’re finding HomeLights useful, please consider leaving a review on the App Store. Your feedback means a lot and helps make the app even better. Thank you for your continued support!

July 13, 2024

Hey there, HomeLights users! I'm thrilled to share our latest update, packed with features and improvements designed to enhance your experience. Here's what's new in this version: Main App: - iPad Stage Manager Support: Full support for resizing and rotating the app on iPad with Stage Manager, ensuring a seamless experience across all orientations and sizes. Dynamic Island & Live Activities: - Tweaked the refresh process to get quicker up-to-date data when changes are performed outside HomeLights. - Ability to Start, Stop, and Refresh Live Activities with Shortcuts actions. - Improved interactive actions for a smoother user experience. - Minor fixes for Dynamic Island UI in minimal mode. Apple Shortcuts: - Added new actions to Get/Set the currently selected Home. You can use them to change the selected Home automatically using a Location Automation. - Added new actions to Start, Stop, and Refresh Live Activities. Room Detection: - Enhanced training process for room detection with clearer instructions. I hope you enjoy these enhancements! If you're loving HomeLights, please consider leaving a review on the App Store. Your support means a lot to me and helps improve the app.

June 11, 2024

Bug Fixes: - Fixed an issue related to Firebase SDK with the latest Xcode version, potentially leading to a crash on startup. Sorry for the inconvenience to those affected by this. - Fully disabled Live Activities when HomeLights runs on MacOS. --------------------- What's new in HomeLights 1.5? Hey there, HomeLights users! After months of hard work, I'm excited to share an update packed with new exciting features and improvements for an even better experience. Check out what's new: Dynamic Island & Live Activities: - Enjoy fast and convenient control of your current room right from your Dynamic Island or Lock Screen (for devices with Dynamic Island support). - For other devices, Live Activities brings you similar quick control from the Lock Screen. Scenes Support: - Apply any of your HomeKit Scenes to your lights directly from the Room Remote. Copy / Paste Colors: - Conveniently copy and paste colors between your lights and rooms right from the color picker. Apple Shortcuts: - Added 2 new example Shortcuts: "Open Home+ on current room" and "Open Controller for HomeKit on current room" to conveniently open external HomeKit apps directly in your current room. Miscellaneous: - Enhanced app accessibility with better VoiceOver support. - Improved Widgets' brightness changes when controlling rooms with faulty bulbs. - Several bug fixes and HomeKit enhancements for better reliability. I hope you enjoy these enhancements! If you're loving HomeLights, please consider leaving a review on the App Store. Your support means a lot to me and helps improve the app.

June 9, 2024

Hey there, HomeLights users! After months of hard work, I'm excited to share an update packed with new exciting features and improvements for an even better experience. Check out what's new: Dynamic Island & Live Activities: - Enjoy fast and convenient control of your current room right from your Dynamic Island or Lock Screen (for devices with Dynamic Island support). - For other devices, Live Activities brings you similar quick control from the Lock Screen. Scenes Support: - Apply any of your HomeKit Scenes to your lights directly from the Room Remote. Copy / Paste Colors: - Conveniently copy and paste colors between your lights and rooms right from the color picker. Apple Shortcuts: - Added 2 new example Shortcuts: "Open Home+ on current room" and "Open Controller for HomeKit on current room" to conveniently open external HomeKit apps directly in your current room. Miscellaneous: - Enhanced app accessibility with better VoiceOver support. - Improved Widgets' brightness changes when controlling rooms with faulty bulbs. - Several bug fixes and HomeKit enhancements for better reliability. I hope you enjoy these enhancements! If you're loving HomeLights, please consider leaving a review on the App Store. Your support means a lot to me and helps improve the app.

March 28, 2024

Hey there, HomeLights users! I'm rolling out an update that enhances the Apple Watch app, improves the Room Detection feature, and brings some changes to Widgets. Apple Watch: - Introducing new Apple Watch complications for WatchOS 9 and above. Plus, you can now add the HomeLights complication to the Smart Stack - Customize the Apple Watch complication style from the iOS app settings - Added a setting for customizing "Startup Behavior" Room Detection: - Introduce a new "Scan Duration" setting, allowing users to extend the duration for better detection results - Fixed an issue where the default blacklisting wasn’t applied during Room Detection clarification - Implemented adjustments to enhance detection in large houses with fewer devices - Enhanced performance of the "Precise" Detection Method Widgets: - The Quick Open LockScreen widget now features customizable appearances to seamlessly integrate into any setup Shortcuts: - Updated the "Failed to detect current room" error message for accurate display on iOS 16 and above Miscellaneous: - Made minor UI adjustments for an improved look - Device information is now automatically included when users send an email through the app I hope you enjoy these enhancements! If you're loving HomeLights, I'd be thrilled to see your review on the App Store!

February 7, 2024

Hello HomeLights users! Here's a small update with some adjustments and fixes: Widgets: - When tapping a misconfigured widget, the app will now explain how the user can correctly configure it - Fixed the "Open HomeLights" LockScreen widget visual on iOS 16 - Fixed the "Interactive Remote" LockScreen widget being slightly cropped on the lateral sides on small devices HomeKit: - Workaround implemented for a bug that could accidentally turn on a light which should remain off while adjusting room brightness Room Detection: - Improved the instructions on the Room Detection feature to make it clearer on how you can make the most out of it Thanks to those who reported these issues. Please keep sending feedback so I can keep improving the app!

December 21, 2023

Hello HomeLights users! Here's an update with some minor improvements and a bunch of small bug fixes: Widgets: - Add support for Smart Steps in widgets. You can enable this setting per widget, in the widget settings (by long pressing on the widget). You may need to re-create the widget to be able to see the new setting. Color Picker: - Add support for selecting the current temperature on the wheel when opening the picker - Fix restoring color on the wheel Apple Watch App: - When opening the app, the room selector will now show up directly - Fix not being able to read user preferences from the main app Remote: - Fix several minor UI glitches which could sometimes be visible - Fix a potential crash which could happen right after blacklisting a light Settings: - New "What's New" section to see what has been done in the latest major update - Fix a minor UI glitch when scrolling from the bottom I appreciate your continuous feedback! Thanks for helping make HomeLights better for everyone. I'm wishing you a bright and joyful holiday season! I'll be back soon with some exciting updates :)

December 9, 2023

Hey there, HomeLights enthusiasts! I'm back with another update, and I'm super excited to share the new features and improvements in version 1.3. I've been listening to your feedback and working hard to make HomeLights even better. Let’s dive into what's new! Remote Improvements: - You asked, and we delivered! Introducing a new way to adjust brightness – with a sleek slider to adjust the whole room. And don't worry, the classic +/- buttons are still there for your convenience. Tailor your light to your mood with just a swipe! - Personalize your experience by setting custom icons for each of your lights. Dive into the Room Settings to start customizing! Settings: - New options in Remote Settings: 'Enable Brightness Slider', 'Simple Press to Toggle', and 'New Light Matches Brightness'. Each setting comes with a detailed description for better understanding. - Revamped the Remote Settings section for a more intuitive experience. - A link to the HomeLights X account has been added in the Settings. Follow us for all the latest updates and tips! HomeKit: - Add support for HomeKit "Default Room". This is the room automatically created by HomeKit when an accessory isn't assigned to a specific room. While not widely used, some people actually use it in their setups, so now it can be seen in HomeLights. I hope you'll enjoy these new features and changes! Please don't hesitate to take a moment to leave a review on the App Store to let me know what you think about the app, and to support it!

November 17, 2023

Hey HomeLights users! Here's a minor update with some bug fixes and optimizations: Widget Improvements: - Tapping outside a widget button now refreshes the widget, rather than launching the app. - Fixed a bug that caused incorrect room detection when the widget refreshed while the device was locked. - Resolved an issue with inaccurate data possibly being displayed when using multiple widgets. Room Detection Tweaks: - When correcting a faulty detection from Live Training section, only the trained rooms will be shown. - Updated the default blacklist with additional devices for better compatibility. Shortcuts Integration: - The app no longer prevents opening if you don't have any bulbs in your Home, so that you can benefit from Room Detection in Apple Shortcuts. Your feedback is invaluable. Please report any issues you encounter with this update or if you have any idea for a future update!

November 5, 2023

Hey HomeLights users! I’ve been hard at work, and I’m thrilled to show you what's new in this latest update. Trust me, there’s some pretty cool stuff waiting for you. Room Detection Enhanced: - Improved the speed of the detection algorithm; it's now more than 2x faster! Choose from 3 different detection methods based on your preference: quicker or more reliable. - You can now correct a faulty detection directly from the Live Testing section in the Room Detection settings. - Added the ability to train rooms without lights (mostly useful for Apple Shortcuts). Widgets: - Introducing a new small LockScreen Widget: a gauge displays the room's current brightness and allows up to 3 configurable actions. Execute actions like increasing/decreasing brightness, toggling lights, or refreshing state using invisible buttons (from top to bottom). Configure these actions by editing the widget. - Refined Remote LockScreen Widget colors for better readability on light backgrounds. - Refactored widgets code for improved performance. HomeKit: - Added support for more devices. Due to the changes required for this, you'll need to redo your device blacklisting and reordering (sorry for the inconvenience). Apple Shortcuts: - Several new example Shortcuts to get you started. Check them out in the Shortcuts section. I hope you'll enjoy those improvements! I'm all ears for your feedback, so don’t hesitate to reach out if something’s amiss or if you’ve got ideas to share. Enjoying the app? I’d be absolutely delighted if you could spare a moment to drop a review on the App Store. Your support is what keeps these updates coming!

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