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  • Wish List: 14 new HomeKit features we want to see from Apple

    Supp0rtLinuxSupp0rtLinux
    macwhiz said:
    Fix HomeKit on the Apple Watch. When you open the Home app, it seems responsive for a second or so... and then becomes unresponsive for several seconds while it loads device statuses, etc. When this happens, sometimes it queues up taps, sometimes it doesn't. And using Siri to turn devices on and off from the Apple Watch has gotten painfully laggy in recent iterations of watchOS.
    HomeKit is always fast for me. You may want to upgrade your AppleWatch. I have the series 3 with LTE and its immediate for all HomeKit requests.
    watto_cobra

  • Wish List: 14 new HomeKit features we want to see from Apple

    Supp0rtLinuxSupp0rtLinux
    On the subject of cameras... we also need a Do Not Disturb exclusion for HomeKit enabled security devices. Right now my DND list is custom (not the default Favorites) and allows family and a few work numbers (ie: the boss) to reach me even when DND is on. But with DND on my camera notifications aren't seen til I wake up. We need a "DND for HomeKit Devices" that lets us choose which devices we want enabled for alerts even with DND on (cameras, water sensors, etc).
    watto_cobra

  • Fibaro releases three new HomeKit sensors reliant on iOS 10.2 alerts feature

    Supp0rtLinuxSupp0rtLinux
    There is still one glaring issue with these and other devices... notifications with DND enabled. Back when DND was first made available, you could allow calls from your Favorites as an exception, but no emails or txt. Now with IOS 10 you can allow certain contacts to alert audibly even with DND enabled if they call or txt you (haven't tested emails yet). But this is not the case for HomeKit devices and needs to be. Whether its a security camera, water or motion sensor, smoke detector, etc. if it can alert your phone through Notification Center, it should have a DND bypass. But that doesn't exist yet. It should. I like to be able to sleep through the nightly sales and spam emails that come in overnight, but still be awakened if my daughter calls for an emergency or even just txts to say she's home safely. It would also be nice to get an audible alert when a camera senses someone at the back door at 2am or a water sensor notices a flood from a cracked pipe. Until Apple adds this to IOS/Homekit, the alerts are somewhat meaningless...
    GeorgeBMac