Manage HomeKit Devices in the Home App on Your iPhone

Add accessories

First of all, in order to control the accessories or devices that are compatible with HomeKit you have to add them, if not, it will be of little use to have the house full of smart devices if you cannot connect them with the Apple ecosystem through the Home application. .

To add any HomeKit-compatible accessory or device to the Home app, use your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, but first check the following:

• Make sure it’s on and close.
• Check your accessory’s manual to see if you need additional hardware to work with HomeKit.

Once you have verified these two essential requirements to be able to connect your accessory to HomeKit, follow these steps:

1. Open the Home app and press add accessory or “+”.
2. Use the camera on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to scan the eight-digit HomeKit code or QR code on the accessory or its documentation.
3. When your accessory appears, tap it. If you are prompted to Add accessory to network, tap Allow.
4. Give a name to the accessory and assign it to a room, if you don’t have any room configured, don’t worry, here’s how to do it.
5. Press next and then accept.

Organize accessories by rooms and zones

Add a room

On the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch you have to perform the following steps to be able to add a room to your Home application and in this way be able to assign your devices to that room.

1. Tap the Rooms tab, tap the house symbol in the upper left corner, then tap Room Settings.
2. Press Rooms.
3. Press Add room.
4. Give the room a name and hit Save.

If you want to move between different rooms, just click on the Rooms tab at the bottom and then slide your finger to the right or left across the screen.

In case you want to carry out this same process through your Mac, follow the steps below.

1. In the menu bar, go to Edit> Edit Room.
2. Click Rooms.
3. Click Add room.
4. Give the room a name, click Save, and then click OK.

Again, if you want to move between the different rooms, click on the house symbol in the toolbar and select the room. You can also go to the Rooms tab and swipe left or right with two fingers on the trackpad or Magic Mouse.

Assign accessories to a room

By assigning accessories to a room, you can do things like play and control music throughout the house or ask Siri to play what you want to see and where you want to see it. You can do this in two different ways.

• On your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, press and hold an accessory and tap Settings> Room and choose a room, then tap “x” to save.
• On your Mac, double-click an accessory, click Room, choose one, and then click “x” to save.

Organize rooms in a zone

Group rooms in a single area, such as the floor above or below, and thus you can also control different areas of your house with Siri. Again, you have two different ways to do it.

On the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch follow these steps:

1. Click the Rooms tab, click the house symbol in the upper left corner, and then click Room Settings.
2. Press Zone. Then click on a suggested area or click on Create new.
3. Click OK.

On the Mac:

1. Choose Edit> Edit Room.
2. Click Zone, then click a suggested zone or Create new.
3. Click OK.

What can I do with Siri?

First you need this

In order to use your digital devices with Siri you have to meet a series of requirements that you can see below.

• Set up and use your HomeKit accessories in the Home app.
• Use Siri on all your Apple devices to control your home, to do this make sure that your device supports “Hey Siri” and that it is connected to a Wi-Fi or mobile network.
• If you want to use the Home app and control your home with Siri from your Mac, upgrade your Mac to macOS Mojave or a later version of macOS.
• If you want to control your HomeKit accessories remotely with Siri, you must set up an accessory hub.

Use Siri

Siri has the ability to recognize the HomeKit accessories that you have configured through the Home app. It is also capable of identifying your accessories by their name, location and other details that you have added in the Home app. Plus, if you set up a HomePod, Apple TV or iPad as an accessory hub, you can use Siri to control your home wherever you are.

Below you have a list of all the actions you can perform through Siri.

• Activate or deactivate accessories, be it lights or appliances, Siri is able to activate and deactivate all your HomeKit accessories.
• Adjust an accessory. Siri can adjust some HomeKit accessories, such as lights or thermostat.
• Control a room or zone. If you have organized your accessories by room or area, you can control areas of your house with a single command.
• Use HomePod to control the room you’re in. You can control all the HomeKit accessories in the room you’re in with a single command.
• Set up an environment with Siri. Environments allow you to control multiple accessories at the same time. In addition, you can set an environment just using your voice.
• Check the condition of your house.
• Control your accessories remotely. In the case in which you have configured an accessory center, you can ask Siri to control your home while you are away.