Please note, you will find many Apple how-to links under “More Information”, e.g. This is simply a software feature, which we can enable on our HomePod, Apple TV (HD or 4K), or an iPad. To create home automations, remote control our devices, and stream our HomeKit compatible cameras, when we’re not at home, we need a home hub. When we’re at home, our iPhone can talk directly to our smart home devices through Bluetooth or WiFi. HomeKit makes all our home accessories available to Siri, so we can control them with our voice through all the devices mentioned above, and of course also with Siri on our HomePods and AirPods.Īpple’s Home app, which is preinstalled on iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and Macs, and built on top of HomeKit, shows us all our HomeKit devices and lets us configure and control them. Let’s start with the foundation of the Home app: HomeKit is Apple’s framework which lets us control our “works with Apple HomeKit” compatible smart home accessories from our iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, Macs, and Apple TVs. The Shortcuts and the Home App Features What is Apple’s HomeKit? Additionally, we can create home automations – just like in the Shortcuts app – which will run on our home hubs. With the Home app we can manage all our HomeKit accessories, create scenes, rooms and zones. Additionally, we can use all our home accessories and scenes within our Shortcuts. But, we can also create Home Automations – just like in the Home app – which will run on our home hubs. We can create our own Shortcuts and Personal Automations, which will run from our iPhones and iPads.
The Shortcuts app lets us use Apple’s Shortcuts examples and our frequently used actions from our apps in the Shortcuts Gallery. You can pause the clip at around 2:34, we’ll go through the examples later in this post:
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