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It’s actually quite the opposite to Apples usual apps! It’s very difficult to link your smart devices from TP Link , Ember heating system , HK Vision Camera, Oil tank Monitor by Kingspan Connect. I would have thought being an Apple app it would link this stuff automatically like Google Home does! Very annoying!

I hate “Discover” section. I don’t want it and I pay enough Apple tax to deserve the pleasure of not being manipulated into bad overpriced merchandise, i.e. Nanoleaf LEDs which work great until they crash miserably, refuse to pair or start flashing in the middle of the night. At least I should be able to switch that tab off - it’s useless and I’m not a noob. Home Assistant is so far ahead in terms of functionality, Apple can learn a lot but they don’t seem to. Control Centre still doesn’t let me specify my devices, but some small improvement has been made. Matter is unreliable across the board, perhaps not directly Apple’s fault, but it’s a half baked cake so take responsibility.

I expect this review to be denied publication. Apple like to censor negative reviews about their awful products. Home is why Google are streets ahead when it comes to home automation. I tried to add some, excellent, Tapo bulbs to the Home app to see if I could be bothered to use “hey, waste-of-time, siri”. No surprise, siri couldn’t do it. Home couldn’t do it. Apple can’t do it. As usual, I’m copying this to the regulator in Ireland.

Apple needs to look further afield to allow seamless HomeKit integration of popular smart devices like Roombas

Good for smart home app, using HomeBridge and other accessories and works perfectly apart from my JBL Soundbar that has AirPlay 2 and just won’t add to Home no matter what. It just says Failed to Connect to AirPlay, even though my iPhone is connected. And also I find it really stupid that I can’t add family members without a hub. All of my family use Apple devices but I can’t add them cause I don’t have an Apple TV or HomePod, why?

This app works 3 times out of 10. It’s more frustrating than it is useful

Trouble connecting to Sonos speakers. Drops connections to devices randomly especially my tv. Will recognise speakers in a room then only play through the minipod, and not other Sonos speakers in the room. When Sonos speakers do play, app says they are not playing. Reset everything now can’t even connect to other speakers. Urgh … Shame I really want to kit my house with HomeKit devices but just can’t with this quality at the moment.

Download app, create a test home, cannot add any accessories because its already added to an existing home (not that you get any error messages about it), then never receive an invitation even tho they sent it Failing at every single basic functionality 🤷‍♀️

Cannot detect please add support

We cannot add a family member to the home app, the invite is sent but never get’s received. We have been busy with Apple for over two weeks with promises that engineers will resolve this issue. Friday I get told I must wait till a update is released to fix this issue with no estimate of when this will happen … this is utterly unacceptable considering we have spent an absolute fortune automating our entire home with HomeKit tech. Should have stayed with Alexa 😡