Jim Miller2

Q: How to set up automation with Apple TV, Homekit, and Hue

I have what I think should be a viable home automation setup: a brand new (4th generation, Sept '16) Apple TV, a Hue hub with Homekit support, and seven lights attached via the hub.  The lights appear in the iPad Home app, and can be turned on and off there.  I can also do things with Siri on the Apple TV like "turn on family room", and have the appropriate lights come on.  So it seems like everything is working.

 

BUT: when I go to the "Automation" tab in the iPad Home app, all I get is a page telling me that I should get an Apple TV to set up automated activities -- there's no way to actually DO anything.  Am I missing something obvious?  Do I do this somewhere else?  Remember that I can control the lights from Home on the iPad, so they definitely know about each other...  Thanks!

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 7:22 AM

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