Smart Home Nerdery

My HomeKit devices:

  • Several Hue bulbs (color, ambiance, and white)
  • Several Hue motion sensors
  • Two Hue taps
  • Hue dimmer
  • Hue bridge (square one for HomeKit in use; older round one no longer used)
  • Netatmo Healthy Home Coach
  • Eve Room
  • Eve Energy
  • Eve Weather (unfortunately broke down recently)
  • Two WeMo switches (via Homebridge)
  • Third party Home App
  • Apple Watch / Siri
  • Apple TV4 for automation and remote control

Hue is indeed very nice! Great way to start if you are new to this.

Some automations I enjoy:

  • Lights turning on at sunset
  • Lights turning on when I get home after sunset
  • Lights slowly dimming at night to get me ready to go to bed
  • Lights slowly getting brighter (like a Wake-Up light) to gently wake me in the morning (though it can’t compete with the real thing)
  • Lights turning on at darker places when I get there (motion)
  • Lights turning off when I leave home in winter mornings
  • Turning on/off multiple lights with a single tap

Sometimes I feel like being the main character of Her when I “wish Siri good night” to turn off the lights and other devices at night… :wink:

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