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WHY Local Control in your Smart Home Matters!

25th January 2021 Chris Young 1433 Views 0 Comments

You may have heard the term “Local Control” thrown around in the smart home space and wondered “what does that

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Advanced Smart Button Light Switch

23rd January 202123rd January 2021 Daniel Viglietti 1754 Views 0 Comments automation, Cygnett, light switch, Smart Button

If you remember, a few months ago I shared a post about how to use a smart button as a

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Aqara Zigbee Hubs and Their Differences

8th December 20208th December 2020 The Editor 7616 Views 22 Comments

When I first started this website back in April 2018, the Aqara hub didn’t exist, and although Xiaomi hubs that

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Aqara* Hubs – A Quick Overview

6th December 2020 The Editor 3808 Views 0 Comments

A short run-through of the just some basic differences between most of the different Aqara hubs, plus the *Mijia Smart

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HomeKit Automations – Occupancy Light Sensor

1st December 2020 Daniel Viglietti 4353 Views 3 Comments

With the lack of HomeKit occupancy sensors, I found an automation that would use a motion sensor to act in

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Adaptive Lighting in HomeKit: how it REALLY works

2nd November 2020 Chris Young 12384 Views 0 Comments

Although Apple Adaptive Lighting was “available” earlier this summer in beta version of iOS14, it was not available for most

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Smart Apartment Setup – HomeKit Edition

4th October 202028th October 2020 Shane Whatley 6580 Views

Today we are talking about the best ways to set up a HomeKit smart home in an apartment or rental

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