While Apple’s HomeKit has been designed to be easily accessible to the ordinary iPhone user, not having a permanent controlling device results in significant limitations

Sometimes the perfect smart gadget doesn't support HomeKit. Find out about this third-party solution for getting more smart devices into your home setup.

While there may not be many ceiling fans that support HomeKit, it’s worth getting them into your setup for the convenience and automation potential. We explore the ways to do this for any fan you may have.

Getting Z-Wave into HomeKit used to be nigh on impossible. But now we have multiple options. We take a look at each of the solutions available to help you choose.

Adding myQ to HomeKit is not as simple as it should be. Learn about the challenges and what your options are to get control of your garage door in the Home app.

Being able to control and integrate all our smart devices is a huge win, so getting SwitchBot and HomeKit to play nice was something I had to figure out.

If you’ve been frustrated not being able to have Siri announce things as part of your HomeKit automations, there is a tool that provides one way to make it happen easily.

The new smart home integration standard called Matter promises to revolutionize the world of connected devices. See what it’s all about, and why it’s important.

Apple's HomeKit has become a capable and secure smart home platform. See how it works, what it can do, and how to get the most out of all the latest features.

The Tuya platform offers integration with Alexa and Google Assistant via the cloud. But using Homebridge can give you access to these in HomeKit, and with local control to boot. Here’s how.

Apple’s Home app may not seem to offer much complexity compared to more enthusiast focused platforms, but there is a lot more going on under the hood.

After a long dry spell, Australia now has options for HomeKit compatible smart plugs. I've used them all to see how they compare, and what you should try.

Sooner or later the limitations of Apple’s built in HomeKit notifications will become too hard to ignore. Here’s how we can create far more useful, actionable notifications for our smart homes.

As our smart homes grow more complex, notifications are an important way of keeping track of the things we need to know about. Take a look at the options available in Apple’s Home app, and how to use them.

There are plenty of times where the thing we want to use in our automations isn’t supported. IFTTT is one tool we can use to get around that, but only using this iOS app as an intermediary.

HomeKit Secure Video offers a privacy-centric cloud storage model for security cameras. Arlo won’t support it. Here is how to work around them and do it anyway.