9 months into Home Automation I’ve collected enough HomeKit accessories to fit an entire iPad screen, and it started to get a little tough looking for what I need to operate. This article is about what my Home app layout
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I’ve been using the Apple Watch since it first came out with the first series. Primary function of it was of course to tell the time. Secondary was to take a quick glimpse of my messages and next schedule, rejecting
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I just took delivery of my 2nd HomePod, and I must say that a HomePod is great to control your HomeKit accessories, and having more than 1 is definitely a plus. 2 HomePods are much better than 1. Let me
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It’s been 5 months into Home Automation so far, and here’s an update of how it is so far. Overall more pros than cons, but there are some major pros, and major cons. In this post, I’ll cover Pros and
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This round I tackle porch lights automation. The outside of the house is pretty well lit. However, I would like to have the lights a little brighter as a person approaches front door. The lights in the porch uses a
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Automating the bathroom with HomeKit is done. And after setting it up I realize that there was a little issue with the way I set it up. So after putting some thought into it I came up with this simple
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In my recent trip to Singapore I visited the Apple Store on Orchard Road (Shout out to Kai from Singapore’s Apple Store!), and bought the D-Link Omna 180 camera, and old is sometimes gold. Yes, I know it launched more
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Using HomeKit feels like I’m using something that is so deep in it’s own environment, and is not a priority of Apple to develop it further. Honestly, HomeKit is not for everyone. So in my humble opinion I believe the
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I’m back from work overseas for 2 weeks, and waiting at home is the Fibaro Motion Sensor for HomeKit. It’s finally here, however here’s what I found out that is a very disappointing. Setting up the device is easy, you
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I just took delivery of my Fibaro Motion Sensor today, and was so eager to set it up and write about it. But a word of advice to you, read carefully before you buy or order it, because (but that’s
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