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.

Getting optimal performance out of your eufyCams in Homekit can be challenge. This guide walks through all the settings, and how to use them.

HomeKit automation rules can actually be triggered from any accessory value you have, not just what the Home app allows. See how to use sensor triggers in the Home app and popular third-party options.

Siri has a number of options when it comes to language, voice, accent, and how it refers to us by name. Here’s how to access and change those settings, and why.

Chamberlain doesn’t support Alexa natively, for reasons. But there are some inexpensive workarounds that will get your MyQ opener working with the popular voice assistant.

Security Cameras and their cloud storage have long presented privacy risk to their users. Apple’s service offering looks to provide a best practice approach to ensuring the security, as well as privacy, of our personal spaces.

If all you’ve done is ask Alexa to play music or check the weather, then you’re definitely missing out. Here’s how to automate your regular activities.

HomeKit gives little flexibility in it's basic automations. Learn how you can leverage Shortcuts to trigger more dynamic actions to make your home smarter.

Dummy switches are a handy automation tool in any platform, and this simple plugin for Homebridge make it possible in HomeKit too.

You don’t want to waste two button actions to turn something on and off. Here’s how to use conditions to make a toggle button in HomeKit.

While there are some unofficial ways to get Z-Wave devices into HomeKit, Thinka has done it right with this native bridge device.

Sometimes our voice assistants can be a little too helpful. Here;s how to tone down Google Assistant when it’s getting intrusive.

Alexa has grown a lot in both voice and automation capability. Here we look at what you can do with routines, how, and what the current limitations are.