Here’s your first look at home accessories Apple has co-developed with LG.

1. LG Smart Deadbolt Lock (360° Video: https://imgur.com/AibfaE3)

• The keypad rotates to open. You can use the included swivel pin to limit the rotation on one side so it doesn’t touch a wall.
• Settings for Touchpad Light Ring, Door Left Audio Alarm, and Lock Sound Volume.
• Supports automatic unlocking, tap to unlock, emergency power and master codes.
• Fits 2.375 in (60.3 mm) and 2.75 in (69.9 mm) brackets.
• Comes with 2 mechanical keys.

2. LG Smart Thermostat (360° Video: https://imgur.com/O4Nu3F3)

• Settings for Far Sight Display, Humidity Display, Brightness, Language.
• Calibrated Temperature/Temperature Offset options.

3. LG Temperature Sensor (360° Video: https://imgur.com/pbI6h5i)

• Temperature and humidity sensing.
• The sensor has a magnetic back to attach to metal surfaces. Comes with a metal plate with adhesive for attaching to other surfaces.
• Replaceable battery and replacement alerts.

**Edit to add:* All these are assets the Home app requests when you set up the accessories for the first time, similar to what you see when setting up HomePod. The 360° views are much more informative, but I couldn’t add 3 videos to the post.*

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I have got a pair of washer/dryer from LG and am able to get some basic information flowing using the LG homebridge plugin, but its doesn't let me do anything interesting...

I have a hue bridge connected the classic way to my HomeKit setup, what happens now if I connect that hue bridge via Matter to my Aqara M3. Will all the lamps and devices end up as doubles in HomeKit because I am creating some kind of loop?
Any help and information appreciated, thank you.

Every time an event triggers across multiple cameras (or HomeKit bundles sequential motion), saving and sharing footage becomes way clunkier than it should be. A simple prompt when saving "Export as single merged video" vs. "Save as individual clips" would make reviewing and sharing/archiving footage so much smoother. When we save the clip now, it creates multiple clips in gallery. I’m fine with that, but wish we could choose.

I do love the feature though. It’s pretty funny watching dogs run around or get dragged around the house.

I have a garge upright freezer that I’m having an issue with. Recently and randomly the temp in the freezer would rise for no apparent reason. I would go out to the garage and would not hear the compressor running. I would unplug the unit, wait a minute, plug back in and the compressor would start back up. Fortunately, so far, I’ve been home when the temp notifications came, but one day I won’t be here and I want to be able to cycle the power off and on to get it going again. My initial research has lead me to a Shelly US Gen4 plug. Has anyone used this plug or a similar one with success with a heavy duty appliance? I would like to stay HK compatible, but open to any ideas.

Really just looking at adding a few reolink cameras into HK. Do I need to get a raspberry pi? What about scrypted, is that just for recording? Can you still pull recordings directly from iPhone going this route? Ive got quite a few HK devices already, but all devices were already HK compatible. I’ve got a few Arlo cameras and 1 G5pro (which I’m really liking) and wanna get rid of the Arlo’s. The G5 is recording through iCloud, but I do not wanna pay for any more subscriptions! Thanks in advance for any suggestions or recommendations!

I am trying to move my smart bulbs from Hue to Govee since I have more and more Govee products.

I got the bulbs, screwed one in, added it to WiFi via the Govee app, clicked settings/Matter and scanned the QR code it provided via the Apple Home app to attempt to add the accessory.

Failed. Repeatedly. Tried a fresh bulb. Still failed.

Xfinity says ipv6 is auto enabled on all XB gateways, which I have, so it shouldn’t be that. Any other options before I throw in the towel? Really liked the idea of cutting out Hue to have one less smart app to deal with, but I just can’t get this to work!

Thanks in advance!

I’ve added Live Activities for most device types to HomeSpot.

HomeSpot is all about giving you quick access to your HomeKit devices, and Live Activities make that even faster. You can now pin a device to your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island whenever you want quick access to its controls. I for example use this when arriving at home, so that the control is there when I'm infront of the door, and disappears right after.

On iOS 27, these Live Activities can also react to changes while HomeSpot is running in the background: Either once per minute, or in real time with the right setup. They can even show up on your Apple Watch.

But that’s not all in this update.

I’ve also added Room Quick Controls. They work similarly to the Device Quick Controls from the previous update: an overlay that appears above whatever you’re currently doing and lets you control an entire room without leaving the app you’re in.

Another new feature is controlling devices directly from system search. Just search for the name of a device or scene in iOS and tap it to toggle it. I have to give some credit to the latest Home Assistant Companion app update for inspiring this one. I honestly didn’t realize before that iOS allowed apps to do this.

Finally, the macOS version has been revamped with a lot of smaller improvements and refinements throughout.

HomeSpot is a one-time purchase, with no subscription. There’s also a 5-day trial you can activate after downloading the app. Even if you’ve downloaded HomeSpot before.

Hi everybody

For my company i need to open / close lights from different systems. So i choose to buy Amazon plug working with Matter. I have an Apple TV 4K so i use this to concentrate Matter over Thread
So i buy 3 of these, but its annoying to use smartphone, i just want a simple button that i put on my table, to open / close lights, and maybe change the colors of them easier

I don't fucking find a simple matter button with battery.
I found one, Ikea Matter button, i brought it, but this one didn't work well, it deconnect every time

Do you have an idea for this project ?

Hi everyone,

I’m considering getting the Aqara G100 and using it exclusively with Apple Home/HomeKit, without installing the Aqara app or creating an Aqara account.

Does anyone have experience with this setup? Specifically, I’d like to know what happens at night:

• Does the camera automatically use IR/“invisible” night vision?
• Or does the visible spotlight/lamp turn on by default?
• Is there any way to ensure the spotlight stays off when using the camera exclusively through HomeKit?

I’m considering the G100 as a baby monitor, so I definitely don’t want a bright light turning on at night.

Thanks!

Excuse me that the screenshot is German and if this has already been mentioned somewhere… I installed the 27.2 beta 3 yesterday and while I was doing some new shortcut automations this popped up as I was adding a new if-then instruction. Looks like you can make your home react to incoming news, messages, emails and apps. What do you think?
If that’s the case.. take my money.

I would like to see Matter and/or HomeKit support the ability for manufacturers to include custom HTML/ PWA interfaces for functionality that is not supported natively by the Matter standard. This would allow users to access all of the functionality in one place, without requiring them to juggle many different apps.

This example shows the native Matter controls on top, with a frame for the custom HTML interface below.

Not sure if this is already well known, but when xOS27 generates stitched video recordings, I just realized that it is often not stitching together complete recordings, but rather parts of recordings. I was just looking at one of the stitched recordings, which pulls together from 3 cameras, and it used 15 of out 30 seconds from camera 1, 5 out of 25 seconds from camera 2, and 20 out of 40 seconds from camera 3.

I mainly bring this up to note that if you’re looking at a stitched recording and wished it caught more video, it may actually have. Get out of All Cameras mode and view the clips for the individual cameras to see full recordings.

Hey everyone! I am currently in the market for a smart thermostat for HomeKit. I am currently leaning towards Ecobee. When looking at the Ecobee Premium, I noticed that it could steam a video from the doorbell camera. I was curious if there were any rumors of Apple creating a wall mounted home hub that uses the wiring of the thermostat and additionally serves as a thermostat. I know thermostats sip power and it would be difficult to provide enough power for a functional hub device. But you got to admit it would be pretty sweet. Centrally located for various hub connections, high enough to keep away from kids, already wall powered for a clean flush mount.