This is the second home in which ru-vid.comUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU we've replaced our "regular" doorbell with a Ring video doorbell and we really enjoy it. It is very easy to install and it works very well, with a clear picture through the app and good in-home use (we added the chime, which is also easy to install and doesn't require another thought to use).
Gonna drop some quick feedback here. I get REALLY overwhelmed by youtube tech reviewers and their over the top personalities, I always catch myself feeling anxious when I watch their vids and didn't really realize it until recently. You have an incredibly human approach when it comes to your videos and I don't really feel like I'm watching an ad, or someone trying to get me excited for something that I have no business being excited about. Keep it up homie.
Yeah I agree with you. Their antics are just way too much. I find myself watching someone with 100 subs instead just to avoid the antics. Paul Hibert I think his name is comes to mind. It’s too much
My most favourite part of Apple Home is Siri announcing who pressed the doorbell, based on your registered faces in your iCloud Photos library, on all HomePods saying “It looks like (Name) is at the door.”
@duarte_nicolau there are only a few doorbells out there that support Apple Home: Logi Circle, Wemo, Aqara (battery) are the famous ones I know. Netatmo has Apple Home support, but doesn’t have HomeKit Secure Video support (required for this feature).
I’ve been looking to get into the automation space for a while and your video is the first that I’ve found that isn’t overwhelming. Everybody else makes convenient assumptions and doesn’t cater to the layman. Great job!
@@OneManTheBand well some of the stuff that is manual and would work without power is now "smart" ified and you wont have a manual way to do it and what happens when wifi goes out
New sub! Can’t put my finger on it, but you actually sound a lot like an Apple event presenter. Can’t remember who it is but you definitely have the soothing, enunciated voice for it!!
Cool tour! I thought I saw a air purifier as well. Do you use that and do you notice any difference with the air quality inside your home (both based on the number and on the smells you have inside your house)?
Thanks! The Air Purifier is actually "dumb", called an AirDoctor. My wife has a lot of allergies and it does seem to help her. We don't have purifiers throughout the house, just in our bedroom.
Nice video! Living on the Google Assistant & Home Assistant side of things myself. But interesting to see the different ways of doing it. Though I have setup HomeBridge too for some of the GF's devices. As she's in Apple HomeKit world herself. Nice to see the other side of things really is thriving too. In case we make changes in the future. This is probably the first all HomeKit setup I've really seen like this. Props for going for it and doing a really nice setup.
Very cool, well thought out. I've been slowly over time doing a similar thing as I've grown to really like the simplicity of having everything in one management pane. There are a few once in a while vendor specific apps for more high level configuration things (looking at you aqara) like adjusting cameras, but im fine with that for now. I will say one thing, It would drive me crazy having so many different Eco-systems light switches. I've stuck with one vendor for mine, I guess its just my mild OCD.
Got those at Lowe’s! Commander Large 27-Gallons (108-Quart) Black Heavy Duty Tote with Standard Snap Lid www.lowes.com/pd/COMMANDER-27-Gallon-108-Quart-Black-Yellow-Tote-with-Standard-Snap-Lid/3551290
Thanks for not using a clickbait/obnoxious face on your video - I intentionally avoided every other video that had that when searching for HomeKit info. Also, the presentation was great - cheers
Living in my college dorm, my schools network does not work with my HomeKit devices. I had to improvise by buying a cheap $50 router with ethernet ports, and then have its network source be the ethernet port in my room. This allows my Apple TV and OG HomePod to connect all my devices and it works well. Motion from my Aqara camera with recording allows me to see who comes into my room when I am not there. For my lights, I have a Meross light that changes different colors. Thankfully, none of them require hubs. At my house, I have a Raspberry Pi running home bridge for our Chamberlin MyQ. I have a HomePod mini running as the hub. Previously, I had two jailbroken iPhone 6's running as hubs once but replaced them. This is a solid setup
Great Video, great house, love the pool. You mentioned being in Florida. During power outages, do all the devices return to the last state? Do they freak out and open, close, reset? Curious how it handles power interruptions or Wi-Fi outages. Thanks again Stephen.
Thanks Carlos! Typically they return to the previous state or stay off. Doesn’t really freak out and we’ve had several outages during the last hurricane
Great video! Caseta light switches are the way to go. You can pair multiple remotes to your main light switch. I just got the caseta hub and connected all my light switches to the lutron app. It has an away from home mode where it’ll turn on random lights at night to make it seem like some one is home
10:00 - see if editing your shortcut will help. If your shortcut allows you to change the mode....turn off "Show When Run" and that may bypass Siri asking if you want to run it.
I'm new to HomeKit and coming from Insteon and Philips Hue. My Hue hub isn't showing in my HomeKit app. I can run Hue with its own app, but it's a pain. I'm doing away with Insteon after 20 years. How can HomeKit run my Hue?
There should be a qr code on the bottom of the hue app to add it to HomeKit. If not, go to the Hue app > Settings > Voice assistants and you should be able to connect to HomeKit from there!
I don't even like apple, but this was still pretty interesting to watch. Also, massive props for fully going for the apple smart home ecosystem, that can't be easy lol.
Really appreciated this, great video and really enjoy the podcast. Curious as to any feedback regarding the Eve Outdoor Cam. I have an Eve Cam indoors, but it was a nightmare to actually connect to given my Eero setup and really the night-vision mode when its dark is just terrible. Does the Eve Outdoor Cam provide a proper quality picture at night?
Thanks a ton! The Eve outdoor cam has been great for me. Setup did take a minute but it’s also very far away from my Wi-Fi AP’s so that was low signal as oppose to 5Ghz / 2.4. Night image is really good, and since the light turns on with motion it does pretty well.
Gonna drop some quick feedback here. I get REALLY overwhelmed by youtube tech reviewers and their over the top personalities, I always catch myself feeling anxious when I watch their vids and didn't really realize it until recently. You have an incredibly human approach when it comes to your videos and I don't really feel like I'm watching an ad, or someone trying to get me excited for something that I have no business being excited about. Keep it up homie.
This video is awesome. I have to admit I am struggling with a much less ambitious setup. I just dumped my Wemo video doorbell in favor of the Logitech in your video (too many connectivity problems). I have similar issues with my Yale doorlock, but I persevere. I love the Meross fan/light switch. I will be buying the water sensors using the links in your website, My current struggle is a MSS560 Dimmer switch, which I can add to the Meross app but am failing to add to HomeKit! And lucky me, I bought the 2 pack ... But I just signed up on your site. Curiously, when i 'Liked' your video, the counter changed from 9.9k to 10k, so I may be your 10,000th liker! Thanks for all the content.
Haha thanks for that! And they’re expensive but if you keep having trouble with light switches, try lutron! I compare several here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iHf70FRoQhY.htmlsi=iSd1a5kNxFu8lec0
I still can not automate my Roborock, I have some shortcuts, but I need to click everytime. Do you know ho to do automation like if everyone is out turn on Roborock? Thank you!
@@beardfm no problem! Quick question though, your water sensors work just with HomeKit? I was looking on Amazon and it said it required an additional hub for their products.
I'm up to 91 homekit accessories myself, 100% homekit, my current obsession is SmartWings Shades w/solar charging, they work so damn well... I just got one shade for my master bedroom as a test (and alarm clock basically). Plan on retrofitting the entire house with them soon.
Mine are all outside and they do disconnect periodically, reconnecting minutes later. But there’s a block exterior wall and several interior walls between them and the nearest AP too
11:28 sadly the Eve button uses Bluetooth, not Thread and Eve confirmed that it will not be getting an updated version with Thread and that they’ve actually discontinued it 👎
I love all this setup due to the volume/quantity. Although far behind Stephen from this perspective, I have chose the DYI path and will never really get there. Not as if I'd like to. Put a lot of energy on my 'smart house' up to design, program and build fully functioning sensors, lights & machinery. All by my self with all repositories the internet can provide. That said, I need to add: don't set your smart stuff in a way that you - and only you - can make real and practical use of it. An instruction such as 'turn on family ceiling fan to a 100%' is a selfish power. Buttons mazes here and there don't help either. If you have money enough to buy all those jigs and go for an endless 'perfect home' personal mission, go for it. But remember always being lean and smart.
It's cool and all but I'd rather just manually switch my light on and off. My bathrooms have motion sensors that turn on the light and fan and after 30 minutes of no motion, off, which is good for showers and giving proper time to remove humidity.
I'm looking for an interface that allows the home kit to control an existing blinds motor. This motor is connected to the lutron hwqs but it has dry contact and that's why I can't control it via the lutron app. I can't put this roller blackout motor in scenes etc.
I’ve been waiting for Apple smart home ever since Alexa was a thing. Now with matter, it’s the year of smart home now! I only hope they all put thread support!
Nice content loved it but its not helpful for me. I have never owned an iPhone in my life. I will subscribe to your channel if you give me any IOS device. Its cool even if you give your old devices
I have that exact bed frame. I bought the Eve light strip because of this video! Could you tell me more about how you attached the light strip to the headboard?
I have that exact bed frame. I bought the Eve light strip because of this video! Could you tell me more about how you attached the light strip to the headboard?
lots of good information sir. your kids bathroom switch one of them is a Leviton switch you can see it in the video says right on it. I have done every switch and rec in my home with Leviton.
Thanks! They are the Levolor brand from Lowes, and they'll cut the width in-store to fit your windows: www.lowes.com/pd/LEVOLOR-Trim-Go-2-in-Cordless-White-Faux-Wood-Room-Darkening-Blinds-Common-35-in-Actual-34-5-in-x-64-in/1000576741
The Mac mini is running Homebridge, which is a third party service that’s not officially supported. My experience over the years is devices that use homebridge to connect HomeKit are buggy and since this video I’ve removed those devices and gone all-in on homekit direct devices. But I could still make a video if interested 🤔
I just bought Logitech Circle View and realize I need to buy extra tech like AppleTV or a pod to make a homekit hub to be able to use circle view. I've just wasted my money :|
I am using a ubiquiti setup as well with my HomeKit setup. Did you do anything special to set it up to behave well? outside of iot specific WiFi ssid (this is what i did) Keep up the great work
I recently got a cpl Google protect smoke/CO detectors…but then decided I wanted to go the Apple HomeKit route and got an Apple TV, Pod Mini, with garage opener and lighting to follow etc. Are there any smoke/CO detectors that work w HomeKit app do you know?
Hello, I m staying in Malaysia, so far those smart devices that you sharing here couldn’t find here. Not sure if I purchase through online, it able to function well in my home? Please advise. Thank you
smart homes just seem like too much at the state it is now. Too expensive, a lot of names to remember, sometimes unresponsive and or stupid. I just want to wait for when i can say turn on the light’s and it knows what room im in. or play some music and it does on the closest speaker.
I am curious about your use of Wifi. when I move and need to re-do my setup, I was thinking of getting a completely separate Wifi router (either as an AP or completely separate network) to have my smart home stuff. My thoughts on this was to keep the busy "chatter" away from normal wifi that would be used by iPhones/iPads/PC/Macbooks, Plex Server, etc. Currently I have everything on 1 TP-Link AX3000 Wifi 6 router and sometimes I feel that something is bogging my network down.
I keep everything on the same network and it works great. I wouldn’t bother with separate routers and networks for smart home devices. I explain about my setup here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w2h7fu7Kjs0.htmlsi=yHNXp_RFpQN0SJfc
This is a very fantastic video and I’m looking to do something similar with my home setup. May I ask what Access points you use with your Unifi Dream Machine?
Theoretically you shouldn’t need those hubs soon right (assuming one has an AppleTV? Do you know if there’s a controller that supports Thread and has both IR and RF blasters (to control window A/C, TVs etc.) I was looking at Broadlink and MoesGo but I can’t tell if they currently support Thread. I’m hoping to avoid buying unnecessary devices given the changes on the horizon.
Nice tour thank you. Just curious why most reviewers do not review brilliant switches. They can do way more than Lutron and look much better. I have 2 control panels ( can control, sonos, thermostat and is compatible with ring cam if you have ring and a lot more) installed one up stairs and one down stairs. They are single control panels 399 each. but the switches are the same price as the Lutron and do a lot more. I have 16 smart switches. Each switch can din if needed and they each have motion control built in. Also you can assign a double tap to any smart switch and control a scene. Also not sure why not many reviewers are reviewing smartwing blinds. They are awesome and are half the price of eve motion blinds and they make them custom to fit your windows. I am cuttingly using 10 blinds and save a lot of money. Lots of fabric choices.
Wow, I don’t know what to say, except “what planet do you live on because it’s not the one that I inhabit.” After almost one year with two HomePod gen 2 speakers and two Minis, the daily bugs are boundless. Creatively endless. And I’ve worked with upper-tier Apple techs after I sent an email to Tim Cook complaining. If Apple can’t run its own speakers, with its own Music service, from its own phone, all running up-to-the-minute updated Apple software, with its own voice assistant, why would I ever want to run a third-party device from the Home app, which has perhaps the worst rating of any app that I’ve seen from the App Store? And I’m otherwise an Apple fan boy, for many reasons.
Voice commands have never, and will never be cool, fun or more useful than hand-operated controls. The recording profile is really the only thing in this video that impressed me a bit since it actually improves your workflow. Not that it couldn't be done without 1000s of dollars in smart home gear. No disrespect to you, everything looks clean and is well thought out. This just confirmed to me that in 2023, I still don't care about smart homes.
Physical controls are still more consistent and glitch-free than voice commands, but every once in a while, if I’m outside and the garage is closed, raising my Watch and saying open the garage is pretty useful.
Hi Steven, I am a major listener of the apple insider podcast, you shouted me out again on the latest episode of the apple insider podcast. just to say I love your channel and I hope you realise more brilliant videos like this!😀
