Best HomeKit Apps for your Smart Home!
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Күн бұрынTake your smart home to the next level with these useful 3rd party HomeKit apps!
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App Links:
Eve App geni.us/EveHKapp
Signals for HomeKit geni.us/Sgnls
HomeCam geni.us/HomecamHK
HomePass geni.us/HomePassHK
HomeRun 2 geni.us/HomeRunHK
HomePaper geni.us/HomePaper
HomeLog geni.us/HomeLogHK
Home + 6 geni.us/HomePlus6
Controller for HomeKit geni.us/Contrller
HomeDevices geni.us/HomeDevicesHK
HomeWidget geni.us/HomeWidgetHK
HomeBatteries geni.us/HomeBatteries
HomeDash geni.us/HomeDash
Viz Designer geni.us/VizDesign
Discovery geni.us/DiscoveryApp
Pushcut geni.us/PushcutHK
Portal geni.us/Portal50
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0:00 3rd Party HomeKit Apps
1:48 Eve for Matter & HomeKit
3:15 Premium Security Suite - Sponsor
4:04 Signals for HomeKit
5:12 HomeCam
5:45 HomePass
6:11 HomeRun 2
6:32 HomePaper
6:50 HomeLog
7:14 Home+ 6
8:12 Controller for HomeKit
9:35 HomeDevices
10:53 HomeWidget
11:33 HomeBatteries
12:10 HomeDash
13:33 Viz Designer
14:37 Become a Channel Member!
15:09 Discovery
15:47 Pushcut
17:"24 Portal
19:15 What's YOUR Favorite?
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@left0verture 3 ай бұрын
Not to be a suckup, but one of my favorite HK third-party “apps” is your channel. Some of the apps you mention here are very powerful, but not very intuitive. I appreciate the reviews, recommendations and especially - the how-to’s that you post. Thanks Shane - keep up the good work!
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the kind words and support! 🙏🏼 I'm glad the channel has been helpful to you.
@ChrisOram 3 ай бұрын
I agree with this comment 100%. Shane is the gold standard for the industry and a great creator. Ain’t no one sucking up, Shane is the man‼️
@uniqueflh2941 3 ай бұрын
Awesome content as always Shane. I’m using, or have used, most (if not all) of these…and there are lots of cool features available. It’s awesome that several of the Developers of the Apps you mentioned are part of your ‘Members Only Discord Group’, and actively respond to questions & members feedback. Props to those Devs! Again. So much coolness in this video. Thanks for the content!
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! 😃 I agree, it's super cool to see these app developers getting involved with the community. They are the true rock stars!!
@rogeroshea3490 3 ай бұрын
Great video as always Shane will sample some of these as they look interesting
@Dr_Cole 3 ай бұрын
Loved this comprehensive review, Shane. I use most of these already but I’m grabbing the battery monitoring app. Home+ has a great battery summary but I want notifications and for custom levels to trigger a notification. Some devices are harder to access, so knowing about them earlier on help me to remember to change them the next time I am in that area.
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you found something new/helpful in the video.
@dadfixdit 3 ай бұрын
I really hope Apple opens up HomeKit a lot more with this next iteration of iOS . Great video!
@mikebedford4362 3 ай бұрын
Sooooo useful, thanks Shane (again and again!)
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@dwayne7626 3 ай бұрын
Would love to know if you accomplished what you wanted to with the Homey Pro? I have been struggling trying to incorporate it into my HomeKit ecosystem
@user-pf7mm5cc9i 3 ай бұрын
Nanoleaf lines in your setup looks nice! It really make a smart home pop. And with the best HomeKit apps, it's next-level cool!
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 😊
@anilkumar1971 3 ай бұрын
Awesome video!!
@williammartinez8381 3 ай бұрын
Thanks, for today’s video. Shane enjoy the Super Bowl today. Have a great one..
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@cheapme1850 3 ай бұрын
I’ve tried many of these apps and I found that the simpler, the better. Some are a bit too advanced for me and I ended up just reverting back to the Home app or the device’s native app.
@sigmanu435 3 ай бұрын
I bought the Signals app but don’t know how to use it. Can you make a video or provide a link to useful instructions?
@jamesthorne494 3 ай бұрын
Is device compatibility still an issue with smart products? What are the main issues at the moment with smart homes and the market in general?
@kyrbies 3 ай бұрын
Home+ and Controller for HomeKit 🚀 HomePass is nice, but 6$...for an entry in apple notes ;)
@markboling5404 3 ай бұрын
I love the black flick button
@leonkung4270 3 ай бұрын
The latest homekit app require homepod hubs to use automation. If I use Eve, do you think I can access automation such as switch on lights when Im back home?
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
All homekit automations require a homekit hub (Apple TV or HomePod). The automations are being processed and run on the hub. Regardless of the app you use, you will need a homekit hub for these automations.
@HalStaniloff 3 ай бұрын
One of the things that the Home App does not do is a soft dim. For example, I have Lutron components. When transitioning from 50% on a light fixture to say 30%, the Home App simply changes the dimming percentage like a jump-cut scene. While the Lutron app will slowly change the dimming value thus yielding a soft transition of the light. Do any of the apps out there do that? Will the Eve app do that? Right now, the Home App is fine for me - except for the lack of a soft transition between dimming values. Any help?
@adambaldick8879 2 ай бұрын
Does anyone know what stand Shane uses for is counter IPAD?
@DRacer90 3 ай бұрын
Which app would you pick that can do everything (or almost everything) if you can only pick one of the apps you posted?
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
The one that can do the most is probably Controller for HomeKit.
@joellemorris5684 Ай бұрын
Great video!! I'm looking for an APP that would allow me to do the following: from a long push on the Wireless Mini Switch (from Aqara) to initiate a phone call to an emergency number. WI tried with Homekit combined with Shortcuts but was not able to accomplish that. Do you know which of those apps you mentioned will allow me to do this?
@ShaneCreates Ай бұрын
It's not possible because you cannot trigger a personal shortcut (make a phone call) from a HomeKit accessory.
@ShaneCreates Ай бұрын
Homekit automations & shortcuts run on your HomeKit hub, so they cannot do things that require a personal device, like make a phone call. Personal shortcuts and automations run on your personal device, so they can.
@dreddr6244 3 ай бұрын
Another great video. Question about multiple tiggers using Eve. I’ve been trying to do the same thing, were two triggers need to be meet before doing an action. But when I add multiple triggers in Eve the action is done when any of the triggers are satisfied, not all. Is there a trick to getting all triggers must be satisfied? Thanks. ex: FP2 presence sensor. Only If both zone 1 & zone 2 are occupied turn on lamp.
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! I would probably use one of the zones as the initial trigger and use the second zone as the “condition.” This would look something like this: If zone 1 is triggered, only if zone two is also occupied, turn on the lamp.
@dreddr6244 3 ай бұрын
@@ShaneCreates thank you very much…..will try it out today.
@SolarizeYourLife 2 ай бұрын
Can you, please, show homekit working when your internet is disconnected from the web?!?
@Hedrakk1 3 ай бұрын
It has never been clear for me if those third-party apps require to have the iPhone in the house in order to work. This why I never wanted to use those. This and the fact that I’m afraid that those apps might come in conflict with Apple’s Home app. I’m about to move to my new home and I will have to start a new Smart Home from scratch. It might be a good time to use a more powerful third-party app if you can reassure me with my previously mentioned concerns. Thanks!
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
When done correctly, third party apps should NOT conflict with the Apple Home app. All these apps are accessing the same HomeKit data. That's why if you create an automation in the Eve app, for example, you will be able to see it reflected in the Apple Home app.
@brandonfitzpatrick1797 3 ай бұрын
so one thing i have noticed not sure how to fix it... I have Home Plus widgets the ones all the way to the left on the iphone. When i click on a camera all it does is open the settings instead of showing live feed. I am using scrypted for wyze and also Starling home hub for nest cameras. Is this a apple limitation or do i have a setting messed up somewhere? Thanks again!
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
It should open the camera feed. Maybe it’s a bug in the app?
@brandonfitzpatrick1797 3 ай бұрын
@@ShaneCreates of coarse soon as i say that i go to the widget click and it works 😜 thanks anyway enjoy your night!
@Q1ller 3 ай бұрын
I started my smart home before Homekit was really a thing. How much hassle would it be to switch things over... I've got a lot of devices, switches, etc.?
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
It just depends on what all you have. You would have to use something like Homebridge if you want to use products that don't natively support homekit. If your products do support HomeKit, it's just a matter of adding them to your Apple Home app.
@jefftothealbright Ай бұрын
Home Assistant can bring almost all of those devices over.
@stealingzen 3 ай бұрын
One of the big draws of HomeKit is that everything is controlled locally and is sensitive to privacy. Can you speak to the privacy of these third-party apps? Are they not harvesting data about you and your devices?
@southwest7977 3 ай бұрын
How long before apple buys or copies these apps to make their stuff better. I’m in no hurry. I use short cuts or home app. Plus I still have Alexa but she’s been put on notice. I will fire her soon.
@ShaneCreates 3 ай бұрын
In some cases that’s always a possibility. But for the most part, I don’t think Apple will. They have intentionally kept the Apple Home app super simple and easy to use. They could have easily implemented some of these features into the Home app a long time ago, but they choose to keep it very basic.
@Y0UTUBEADMIN 2 ай бұрын
just use home assistant and move on with your life
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