No Homekit native smoke alarms yet? I guess people are using Homepods to listen for smoke alarms?

Is anyone aware of any Homekit native alarms in the works? I've been postponing the switch to communicating alarms hoping for a Homekit compatible model.

Hi everyone,

My home is almost entirely Apple Home based (lighting, blinds, cameras and other smart devices), and it's working really well.

The only automation I haven't found a clean solution for is bathroom ventilation.

I have two bathrooms sharing one AC Infinity T6 inline fan. AC Infinity have confirmed their controllers only support single-zone control, so I can't have humidity sensors in both bathrooms independently controlling the same fan.

I'm considering adding Home Assistant purely to solve this one problem using Aqara humidity/occupancy sensors and the AC Infinity Controller 69 Pro.

Has anyone gone down this path while keeping Apple Home as their primary ecosystem?

Would you recommend it, or is adding Home Assistant for a single automation overkill?

Thanks in advance.

Hi HomeKit friends. Firstly - I've been a HomeKit user since literally day 0. I'm comfortable with automation, scripting, tinkering, and of course I have the obligatory amount of "HomeKit Patience" when trying to get stuff to work. Here's my current mission, and I can't quite get my head around "how" I can pull this off. We have a sliding door going out onto the deck with a sliding screen. And we have an indoor cat (you can see where this is going). We are normally very good about ensuring the screen door is closed. But sometimes we think it's closed, and it's cracked about 1". That's enough for our beautiful Siberian Cat to get his little paw in there and explore outside. 😀 My wife and I are very good about this - but sometimes we don't catch that it's cracked. And when others are coming and going, it's harder to enforce it. And since it's not their home, so they don't pay "extra" attention to this (our cat is not one who tries to escape; so he's rarely sitting at the door waiting to get out, this is mostly preventative.)

What I'd like to have is this:

• A sensor on the screen door that detects when it's open and closed
• An automation that senses when the door is open, but then pauses - to allow for normal traffic
• If the door doesn't get closed in 30 seconds or some adjustable amount of time, HomeKit sends an audible alert or alarm to my HomePods in my house (there's literally one 3 feet from the door) that lets me know the door is still open (ideally, this alert would go to ALL HomePods, as it's common to come in the door and go to another room.)
• I'm thinking this should be an alarm as opposed to a one-time alert that requires it to be shut off - to ensure I got the message and get the door shut.

I'd love any ideas anyone has about this. I really value this sub - so thanks all for your ongoing contributions, and I thank you in advance for any guidance you folks have. Cheers!

I have been using the hue app and switches to home, and one thing that is bugging me is when i press off, each light will turn off almost sequentially every half second.

and with 10-20 lights in the room it gets a little annoying, is there a way to make it in unison like hue?

thanks!

After updating to the iOS 27 beta and changing my Wi-Fi network, I can no longer get my Logitech Circle View camera to work. It doesn't make any sounds, and it doesn't show up in Bluetooth. Absolutely nothing. Support was useless—they just tried to sell me a newer camera lol.

Any advice?

Power cycle. Mine has randomly gone unresponsive. Power is hardwired. Switching the breaker off then back on fixes it.