There's something infinitely funny to me that I have to bounce my Nest devices over to HomeKit using HomeBridge in order to bridge them into Home Assistant because Google is just that awful that I have to use Apple's standard to get their crap working. 
Apple-Türklingel angeblich mit MagSafe
Das Gerücht über eine angebliche Türklingel Apples hält sich hartnäckig. Jetzt ist von einem neuen Detail zur Stromversorgung die Rede.
heise+ | heise+ Expertentalk: Smart Home & Home Assistant
Talk rund um das Thema Smart Home: Am Freitag ab 17 Uhr beantworten wir Ihre Fragen live mit dem Smart-Home-Experten Simon Oberstedt.
Luana @luana@wetdry.worldHey! I’ve been wanting to get some 
colorful magic smart lights, but I have an issue: I still want to be able to turn them on and off from the switches (without making them go offline when I do so, ofc). I was able to think about two different methods for this, but each is suboptimal on its own way.
Option 1: Substitute my switches with smart switches (preferably zigbee)
(Example [a.aliexpress.com] (aliexpress))
This is a nice option because it’d look nice, be installed on the wall exactly where the current switches are, as well as giving me the ability to also control the ‘dumb’ lights while I don’t substitute all of them for smart lights (these switches are cheaper than good smart lights).
The main disadvantage of this method, however, is that for the smart lights I’d end up having two separate controls: the light itself and the switch. When I powered the light off through the switch it would end up going offline since it seems that the main feature of these switches is smartifying dumb lights. Then in order to control them from my phone I’d have to first turn on the switch and then the light. I kinda doubt these switches have some kind of configuration that would let me use their buttons to control Home Assistant scenes without stopping energy from going through them when I press/tap it. Would there be any ways of using switches without this issue?
Option 2: Get some scene switches remote controllers (preferably zigbee)
(Example [www.belkin.com], basically this but some cheaper aliexpress option and zigbee)
For this option, I’d get some of these and 3d print some supports for them going over the current switches (this way no one would be able to touch the real/dumb switches and bring the lights hardlocked offline). These wouldn’t have the smart switch issue of putting the smart lights softlocked offline, but the disadvantages would be: it’d look considerably worse, it’d need batteries and it would only work for the smart lights.
@Breznsoiza@sueden.socialHab die #HomeKit Kontaktsensor Idee von @matthias_petrat hier an unserem Briefkasten umgesetzt 
#matter #Aqara klappt 
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heise+ | Tageslichtwecker im Eigenbau: Sanft aufwachen mit smarten Leuchtmitteln
Mit smarten Lampen können Sie einfach selbst einen Tageslichtwecker programmieren. Diese Systeme und Apps machen es möglich.
Hat sonst schon jemand den #Nanoleaf Sense+ Smart Wireless Switch, angeblich mit #Matter und #Thread?
Und mag sich drüber unterhalten ob der Schalter für #AppleHome aktuell nur Elektroschrott ist?
@mark I bought two of the RatGDO boards to work with #HomeAssistant and they have been basically flawless. Apparently they work with #HomeKit as well, you just flash different firmware.
This was to get around Chamberlain blocking Home Assistant from their APIs. I was skeptical about wiring these weird little boards to these big machines but they've been great.
I added a ratgdo to my garage door, and I don’t know why I waited so long - Enlarge / A ratgdo, version 2.53i. (credit: Ratcloud LLC)
I li... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2047096 #homeautomation #homeassistant #homekit #ratgdo #apple #tech
@tim@worldkey.ioLooking for some #SmartHome recommendations:
I use #HomeAssistant on a Pi 4 with devices pushed into #AppleHome #HomeKit.
I’m looking for some battery-powered switches/buttons (preferably ones that don’t eat batteries like Wemo Stage) to control smart bulbs/smart outlets.
I can’t use wired switches/buttons because I currently rent and am not allowed to do anything with wiring.
What are some switches/buttons that work reliably with Home Assistant? Can add dongles to my Pi 4/HASS if needed.
Überlege für #Homekit mal son etwas älteres iPad an Wandhalterung zu besorgen. So für Besuch. Damit die auch die Lampen an und aus machen können, Fernseher, Rollos etc.
Dann fällt mir ein dass ich kein Mensch für Besuch bin und verwerfe wieder die Idee. 
Why I love #HomeKit is I can still do machine learning with facial recognition, my doorbell recognised my sister’s face, but it’s encrypted and the data isn’t feeding a public dataset of faces.
@cassidy@blaede.familyIt can work with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Apple Siri if you’re into that stuff, too.
Personally, I’m just happy to get away from the shady and abusive MyQ (owned by Chamberlain, like most other garage door brands) which is cloud-dependent, has systematically removed features, locked out DIY-ers and smart home enthusiasts by blocking API access, added ads to their app, and partnered with Amazon and Walmart to let them into your garage—eww.
@cassidy@blaede.familyI can 1000% recommend the Meross smart garage door opener with HomeKit for anyone looking to open/close/check on their garage door remotely—it’s easy enough to install and works great over the local network with Home Assistant (thanks to HomeKit, even if you don’t have any Apple devices)!
I spent an incredibly long time getting Hue working with HomeKit so it'd have deeper integration with my sister's iPhone, only to realize you can't really customize how they appear in the Control Center 
what the heck man
It claims to intelligently pick devices and scenes to display which frankly isn't useful. That feels like tremendously Google behavior, but even Google lets you customize the Home menu in the notification shade.
Started integrating Omee across the system for quick access.
What better place to start this than the HomeScreen ?
Tap him, start speaking right away, get your home updated!
Thank you to whoever already made feedback on Omee application. Already applied a fix for the main issue encountered here.
Therefore I cannot yet respond to the "set multiple lights colors in the same room" immediately. But it's something I plan to unlock in the next few days. It was in the roadmap :)
um... So if we've moved house, how the fuck do we update the location in our #HomeKit home without fucking deleting it?
Alles, was man über Apple Home wissen muss.
Alles in einem Fachbuch mit mehr als 44.000 Wörtern.
Verfügbar in der Apple Bücher App:
► https://books.apple.com/de/book/apple-home/id6473946107
Verfügbar bei Amazon Kindle:
► https://amzn.eu/d/0NdSBy7
In diesem Fachbuch werden Sie als Anfänger aber auch Fortgeschrittener sehr viel über Apple Home lesen und lernen, was Sie zuvor vielleicht noch nicht sahen oder kannten.
#smarthome #applehome #homekit #apple
