Sooner or later the limitations of Apple’s built in HomeKit notifications will become too hard to ignore. Here’s how we can create far more useful, actionable notifications for our smart homes.

As our smart homes grow more complex, notifications are an important way of keeping track of the things we need to know about. Take a look at the options available in Apple’s Home app, and how to use them.

There are plenty of times where the thing we want to use in our automations isn’t supported. IFTTT is one tool we can use to get around that, but only using this iOS app as an intermediary.

HomeKit Secure Video offers a privacy-centric cloud storage model for security cameras. Arlo won’t support it. Here is how to work around them and do it anyway.

LIFX make some great smart lighting products, and it’s easier than ever to get them working in an Apple HomeKit setup. Here’s how to do it, step-by-step.

Getting optimal performance out of your eufyCams in Homekit can be challenge. This guide walks through all the settings, and how to use them.

Whether you’re working from home or running a lot of IoT gadgets VLANs provide a way to exercise more control over your home network’s security.

If you’re a HomeKit user, and a Sensibo Sky owner, you really need this hack to bring the two together.

Any security system needs alarm state, but the Ring app offers more configuration options than simply armed and disarmed. See how you can control privacy, notifications, and more with Ring Modes.

HomeKit automation rules can actually be triggered from any accessory value you have, not just what the Home app allows. See how to use sensor triggers in the Home app and popular third-party options.

Smart home camera integration is a conflicted mess. Scrypted is a free tool that allow the use of virtually any camera in Alexa, Google Home, or HomeKit.

Siri has a number of options when it comes to language, voice, accent, and how it refers to us by name. Here’s how to access and change those settings, and why.

Sometimes having your Ring Doorbell play the same sound as everyone else isn’t ideal. Here’s what to do about it.

If all you’ve done is ask Alexa to play music or check the weather, then you’re definitely missing out. Here’s how to automate your regular activities.

HomeKit gives little flexibility in it's basic automations. Learn how you can leverage Shortcuts to trigger more dynamic actions to make your home smarter.

You don’t want to waste two button actions to turn something on and off. Here’s how to use conditions to make a toggle button in HomeKit.