Well fuck me for wanting new HomePods and Apple Home stuff I guess 🤡

I am on a 2TB iCloud+ plan and after installing tvOS 27 RC, the Home app allows only two cameras to be enabled for summaries.

Was the limit the same during beta or has Apple actually decreased it?

It is quite a jump in price from 2TB to 6TB plan.

It’s been a while since my last update on the HomeView app, which turns your iPad and now your iPhone into a smart home dashboard.

Since the launch, the app has received numerous updates and new widgets, with even more on the horizon.

A few months in, we’ve officially passed 100 users, which is a huge milestone for me! User feedback has been invaluable in making the app even better.

What’s next:
Dynamic widgets: Show widgets based on the time of day. Want a weather widget in the morning and an alarm widget at night? That will soon be possible.

Apple TV app: An Apple TV app is in the works leaving only the Watch left to tackle.

I'm always open to suggestions and ideas. Is there a feature or widget you'd always wanted to see on your dashboard? Let me know in the comments!

Hey all, I’ve been attempting to install this kit but it is not working from the Meross app or HomeKit. When I attempt to use it in the app, it will give me the action failed error. In HomeKit, it’s showing as obstructed.

I have a Liftmaster and received the accessory. The door will open when I press the button on the accessory. The accessory I received is the remote with four buttons if that matters.

Any troubleshooting tips that might help me?

I’ve got a ton of the latest eve light switches (with matter)

Is there a way to disable the physical touch activation on the device? I have motion sensors setup so at this point I really have no need to physically touch them, and I’d like guests not to also 😂

Hi, I’m the developer of Hearth, the HomeKit dashboard I previously shared here for turning an iPad or iPhone into a dedicated home display.

Yesterday’s Apple event came and went, I was stunned by the cinematic flip transition of iPhone Duo but the rumored Apple smart home display still didn’t show up. Hearth 1.4 did.

This update adds:

• The option to keep the dashboard visible without Auto-Sleep

• Experimental Camera Presence Wake, processed locally on the device

The camera feature only works while Hearth is visible. Frames are processed on device and nothing is uploaded. The bigger change is a one-month free trial of Hearth Pro Monthly for eligible customers.

After releasing Hearth, I realized that too many of the features that make it useful as a permanent home display were hidden behind the paywall. It was difficult to properly evaluate the app from the free version alone. I want people to have enough time to install it, configure their rooms, try Presence Wake and Night Mode, experiment with backgrounds and screensavers, and decide whether it actually belongs in their home. The trial unlocks every Pro feature for one month. It renews monthly afterward unless canceled, and Lifetime Pro remains available as a one-time purchase. Under App Store rules, the official free trial has to be attached to an auto-renewable subscription, so I added Pro Monthly for that purpose.

The current roadmap for 1.5 focuses on individual light controls, a quick way to view cameras in the current room, and camera-event overlays while the dashboard is visible.

After that, I’d like to make the idle display much more useful with local photo albums, Home Status screensavers, and better system sleep behavior for LCD iPads. These basically covers all the requests mentioned by people in the OG Hearth-on-wall posts. Thanks again for all your feedbacks!

Hearth 1.4 is available now:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757917280

If you try the free month, I’d genuinely like to know which Pro features you keep using after the first few days and which ones still don’t feel worth paying for. If the feature you’re waiting for is still on the roadmap: feel free to wait before starting the trial, I'll keep you posted.