Serena Shades review, testing the Pela Lomi, & more on HomeKit Insider
This week on the HomeKit Insider podcast, your hosts review the new architectural honeycomb Serena Shades, test the Lomi, and talk about a new air purifier coming to market.
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Our biggest story from the past seven days has been the architectural honeycomb shades from Lutron-owned Serena Shades. They pair with Lutron's Smart Bridge to allow easy HomeKit control of your window coverings.
We also checked out the Pela Lomi, a countertop composter that can turn your food scraps, plant trimmings, or compostable phone cases into rich dirt in a matter of hours. We play a round of "Lomi or chicken" to find out what you can put in Lomi versus what you can feed to backyard chickens.
After getting mentioned on a past episode of HomeKit Insider, the Thread-enabled Air Versa Purelle air purifier is finally available. This HomeKit air purifier can be picked up for $189.99 but AppleInsider readers -- and listeners -- can save 10 percent with promo code AIFANS10.
Finally, Stephen discusses his ongoing issues with his Philips Hue Sync Box. After swapping cables and settings, he still cannot get it to operate properly with Dolby Vision.
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HomeKit Insider
Our biggest story from the past seven days has been the architectural honeycomb shades from Lutron-owned Serena Shades. They pair with Lutron's Smart Bridge to allow easy HomeKit control of your window coverings.
We also checked out the Pela Lomi, a countertop composter that can turn your food scraps, plant trimmings, or compostable phone cases into rich dirt in a matter of hours. We play a round of "Lomi or chicken" to find out what you can put in Lomi versus what you can feed to backyard chickens.
After getting mentioned on a past episode of HomeKit Insider, the Thread-enabled Air Versa Purelle air purifier is finally available. This HomeKit air purifier can be picked up for $189.99 but AppleInsider readers -- and listeners -- can save 10 percent with promo code AIFANS10.
Finally, Stephen discusses his ongoing issues with his Philips Hue Sync Box. After swapping cables and settings, he still cannot get it to operate properly with Dolby Vision.
Links from the show
- Fluid One: Next Generation Smart Home Control
- Airversa launches first HomeKit smart air purifier compatible with Thread
- Forthcoming Aqara Products
- Purelle Thread purifier: 10 Percent off with code AIFANS10
- Lomi Composter
Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]
Keep up with everything Apple in the weekly AppleInsider Podcast -- and get a fast news update from AppleInsider Daily. Just say, "Hey, Siri," to your HomePod mini and ask for these podcasts, and our latest HomeKit Insider episode too.If you want an ad-free main AppleInsider Podcast experience, you can support the AppleInsider podcast by subscribing for $5 per month through Apple's Podcasts app, or via Patreon if you prefer any other podcast player.
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Comments
- image settings are usually specific to the color mode (SDR/HDR10/Dolby Vision on ly 2018 LG OLED for example), so your TV probably has stupid Dolby Vision settings
- inputs on the HDMI Hue Sync box are not equal - it's mentioned in the advanced settings at the bottom of a pae-: please try using only HDMI 4 - that solved my issues with the sync box.
Note: I have my Hue Sync Box -> HDFury Vertex -> 2 outputs (LG OLED TV and LG soundbar). I use the Vertex because the 2018 LG soundbar does not handle Dolby Vision passthrough to a 2018 LG OLED TV, and regular ARC has delay (which you can now adjust)