I really think that smartthings should add support to HomeKit as they have just released an app and it seems so easy to use. This would allow the same UI to control my SmartThings Hub as well as my other HomeKit-compatible products. What do you think?

[image] TheCellMC: I really think that smartthings should add support to HomeKit as they have just released an app and it seems so easy to use. It will not happen for the restriction reasons above :wink: That’s OK because this works really well GitHub - homebridge/homebridge: HomeKit suppor…

I still can’t get that working. I’ve given up now (though I’m not a programmer). I’m all for homekit integration, or Siri integration at the very least seeing as they’re opening it up to third parties.

That’s a good point. Is that Siri is being opened up, Homekits biggest advantage goes away basically and levels the playing field on iOS.

I set home bridge up to get Siri to work with smarthings. I don’t use it nearly as much as I thought we would. And all the apps I found to use are worse that STs app (no small feet to get under that bar). End of the day, I would rather see ST get Siri instead of HomeKit.

[image] TheCellMC: think that smartthings should add support to HomeKit I can almost see someone in Samsung’s boardroom puking at the very mention of HomeKit :wink:

Lutron Caséta, Philips Hue, Ecobee, and Insteon all have HomeKit integrations. Integration is strictly a business strategy decision, not a technical one.

False, it is very much a technical decision. Most of those integrations needed to come out with a brand new hub in order to support Homekit.

I compeletly forgot about homebridge. However, although I am addicted to apple, I will never be able to leave SmartThings because of the powerful community. I will try homebridge with the new HomeKit app to see if it works together. However, it seems Apple just expanded the list of compatible pro…

That is correct, I found Apple’s HomeKit restrictions and they are LONG and would ruin SmartThings.

They all needed to come with new versions since Apple added a hardware requirement for a security chip. But multiple vendors were able to do so without breaking their business models which is evidence that others choose not to do it rather than being technically prevented from doing it. If HomeKit …

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I got it working here with home bridge and iOS 10 beta. See Hello, Home HomeKit (and Siri!) control via homebridge

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