How To Use Ring With HomeKit
Want to connect your Ring devices to HomeKit? Well, here’s how to do it without breaking the bank, and tearing your hair out.
How To Stop A Ring Camera Recording
Can you turn off a Ring camera? Effectively yes, in several ways. This detailed guide steps you through all the options to control when your cameras record.
How To Wire A Video Doorbell
Video doorbells are generally easy to wire into an existing setup. But sometimes the specs can be confusing, and different models and chime configurations can take some additional care. See what to look out for in this handy guide.
How To Use MyQ With Apple HomeKit
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.
How To Use SwitchBot With HomeKit
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.
Add Siri Announcements To HomeKit Automations
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.
Local Tuya Device Control In Apple HomeKit
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.
Why Does My Logitech Circle View Camera Stop Responding?
The Logitech Circle View is an awesome HomeKit camera - when it works. This investigation tries to find out what’s going on and how to fix it.
Create Custom HomeKit Notifications For Smarter Responses
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.
Using HomeKit Notifications To Keep Tabs On Your Home
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.
Integrate IFTTT With HomeKit Using This Tool
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.
How To Use Arlo With HomeKit Secure Video
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.
How To Use LIFX With HomeKit
LIFX make some great smart lighting products, and it’s easier than ever to get them working in an Apple HomeKit setup. Here’s how to do it, step-by-step.
How To Configure Eufy HomeKit Secure Video Settings
Getting optimal performance out of your eufyCams in Homekit can be challenge. This guide walks through all the settings, and how to use them.
How To Set Up VLANs On Your Home Wi-Fi Network
Whether you’re working from home or running a lot of IoT gadgets VLANs provide a way to exercise more control over your home network’s security.
How To Use Sensibo With HomeKit
If you’re a HomeKit user, and a Sensibo Sky owner, you really need this hack to bring the two together.