Will Smart things be supported on Apple watch

Anyway… wearables!

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Wearables are coming, as is microlocation, but who knows when? (And eventually an HA system that listens for heartbeats to determine occupancy.)

HomeKit is set up for microlocation (rooms divided into zones) but weirdly no formal mention of iBeacons yet.

My personal guess (purely a guess) is that summer of 2016 is when we’ll see several robust home automation systems including wearables and some voice control. Apple watch + HomeKit + Insteon for one. I’m expecting Samsung + SmartThings, including Gear, to be another. Not sure which way Honeywell and Amazon will go, both could be important. And Nest is on its own path. We’ll see.

But yes, definitely wearables. :blush:

@JDRoberts this is one time I totally disagree with you. It was always there… Remember the sci-if movies from childhood days… :wink: it’s that now it’s making a comeback.

Give me some of that!

I’ve heard you make this guess about Summer 2016 before. I tend to agree with the timeline and the players involved. I think the Insteon+Apple call is definitely an interesting one. Maybe Apple uses some of that cash to acquire them? That’d certainly be a major coup for Insteon after all these years.

Finally, I know Samsung and Apple are mortal enemies and it would seem, as Google has done, that they would alienate Homekit. But my fingers are crossed that Samsung means what they say about openness. Here’s @alex 's great dodge in CNET about Homekit. I wanna believe the man.

A quote from CNET:
“we believe our [version No. 2] Hub is HomeKit-capable, but HomeKit’s not mature enough yet. We have a huge iOS base. We’ll continue to go for native experiences for them as much as we can and the goal is whatever’s right for the consumer – truly.”

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Is there no offical word from them on this? So many apps are being updated today for the apple watch, I got 8 in the last hour. The most interesting of the list to me:

Alarm.com
• Support for the Apple Watch - Download our companion Apple Watch app to control your security system, locks, garage, lights, and thermostats, and even view live video from the watch.

I use alarm.com so I’m still very happy that I can now arm/disarm from the watch without finding my phone… but I would much rather had an update for smartthings! Why can’t you be dropping a sweet app update to be of the first HA companies to do this? Please don’t make us wait for months… :smile:

To quote another thread when asked about Apple Watch support:

It works, but quite honestly I’ll just pull out my phone. You can turn things on/off, but it’s flakey at best with my pebble steel. I ended up removing it.

If it is simple mode changes/hello home actions, I think that I would use it. Much quicker and with me “all the time.” Less “friction” than pulling out the phone or finding it in the room.

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Completely agree with brianlees. Simple is good. I’ve been using the iOS widget for the past few weeks more than I use the app.

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Both Philips Hue and iConnectHue iOS apps added support for Apple Watch this morning. The iConnectHue will be able to switch single group, change their brightness, load presets etc. from the watch (this is the only app with “tap” integration as far as I know with a decent remote access too).

Ecobee3 follows suit right now… just appeared as an update on AppStore. Hell, what’s going on… Guess it is going to do everything that I need… :slight_smile:

Look at this this thing on notification area. It has the 5 remote sensors listed there too…

What device type code are you using for that widget!?! I have an ecobee3 as well, but I don’t have the widget like you have. Want!

This is the latest iOS app version of Ecobee3 which popped up today on my iPhone AppStore update. This version has support for AppleWatch too. And the best part is you don’t have to wait for firmware 3.6 to take a look at your remote sensors.

But if you open the ecobee3 app, you don’t see the remote sensors unless the ecobee firmware is 3.6. They are gradually upgrading everybody. But iPhone widget now show the remote sensors.

Yup, I replied before looking :slight_smile: Nice find!

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I got my Apple Watch today. I’d be happy to beta test for ST. :smiley:

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I also have my Apple Watch and would be glad to beta test!

I have one as well. Please let us know.

Hey Curtis, which ones are you all buying?

I got the cheapest 42mm, which is the apple sport model. Case is aluminum not steel. (I see in the news reports a lot of people are surprised that the aluminum is less likely to scratch than the steel. That’s true of all watches, though.)

It’s comfortable. The videos on the Apple site were very helpful, I watched those before I got the device.

I am using Will Porier’s IFTTT method for voice control of smart things and it’s working quite well. It’s a little slow and clunky, but it’s the same as using it on the iPhone. And this gives me voice control from anywhere in the house or yard where I have a Wi-Fi signal, even if my phone is in another room charging.

Since I’m the only one who will use the voice command on the watch, I am adding additional shortcuts for things I do often.

so smartthings having the ifTTT Channel has added a lot of value to the watch for me.