HomeKit in iOS 18

Today I want to talk to you about the news that will bring us iOS 18 in HomeKit. Every year I make this episode with its corresponding blog entry so that we have clear news once the final version of our devices comes to our devices, which will still take a while, as you know, first the new devices are presented and, within a few hours, the final version of the operating system comes out. And that for iOS, because some years have been made to expect a little more the corresponding version of macOS.

The most important news is that… We finally have vacuum support.! It’s not that it was too complicated for Apple to support modern vacuum theft, in fact. most of them have Wi-Fi connectivity and have their own app with Alejandra and Google integrations… but it’s just that Apple didn’t even have a category of Aspirators on HomeKit! iOS 18 may include Matter 1.2 support which is the Matter version that started to support vacuum cleaners, but most importantly Apple has already created that category, so We may see how the current vacuum heists are going to act.

Lying to support HomeKit even if they do not have Matter.

The point is, We can control the cleaning mode, if we want to wash the floor or not if our cache has that functionality, the power and the load status of the device. We can create automations and scenes and, of course, ask you for these things through the new super-smart Siri.

We also have the guest keys directly from the Home app, for the garage door and even to disable the alarm. Eye because at the foot of Notes of this functionality, Apple says it requires a HomePod or Apple TV at home and a Matter-compatible lock that supports programming. Do you know any Matter-compatible locks for the European market right now? In fact, only the Nuki 4 Pro and Aqara’s with the pink on the outside that comes out fleeting in the presentation video. However, the Tedee Pro that we like so much is not compatible with Matter… not to mention the Shelly that opens the garage door, d

And you can forget that too. We do not know if the zigbee locks but that are made compatible with Matter through the bridge will be compatible, such as the Nuki 3 Pro.

Another of the developments is that We can open the house lock when we get close to it, surely using the chip with the Ultra Wide Band that Apple mentions on all device keynote but that no one knows exactly what the hell it is. It may be an interesting functionality that will have to be tested very well so that the door does not unintentionally open when we pass by as the opening is supposed to be completely undone so that you can enter home if you have your hands full of super bags and you cannot open with your mobile, Apple Watch or Siri.

The House app changes RADICALLY as NOCHE TO THE DAY… and it’s all exactly the same. except for the menu below for Automations and the stupid Uncover button, which is now up. It is true that this app is already very nice and functional, but I do not know, new icons even if… or colors… for nothing, at least there is nothing in this version of the beta of iOS 18, there may be more minor news later.

We don’t know if we’re gonna be able to tell Siri ‘Hey Lola, if the living room temperature is less than 18 degrees, turn on the boiler’ just like that. He’s supposed to be joining AI now, but we still don’t know anything about it because it’s still gonna take a while to get to Spain. By the way, if you’re playing with the betas and you have a lot of devices connected, eye, because it seems that if you don’t update the Apple TV with the beta you won’t be able to manage your devices.

At the Control Center we can now put the devices we want to play quickly, no longer just those that Apple decides… although I still like the shortcut we created a few days ago with the Action button to access those devices, it works faster, I’ll leave you the link in case you missed it..

But… That’s it, there’s no more. The truth is that I was expecting something more than ‘bulb’ to support Matter that, although we already have it for several years, it would be nice to say what version we have implemented in iOS 18 and that Apple is going to do with this technology in the future… or with Aero, which also starts talking about it. He also expected a deep redesign in the House app to make it look more modern. But what’s going to be done to him, for the moment seems like Apple wants to focus on consolidating everything they have right now so that there are no mistakes. See if it’s true and they get it because I have been with the automation of music for several days

mornings not working And this kind of thing is what makes me take all my devices and go for a while to Home Assistant like the one that changes banks.

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