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I purchased an August Smart Lock with HomeKit capabilities. I have read that the lock can be paired to an Apple TV Generation 3 or 4 so that the lock can be controlled remotely. However, I cannot find the instructions on how this is done. My Apple TV 3 cannot find any items when I attempt to connect via blue tooth on the Apple TV. Any help would be appreciated.
There won't be any "connection" between the lock and the ATV. The ATV only acts as a repeater for the remote access. The iPhone communicates with iCloud and the ATV receives the signal from iCloud and repeats the request...
Sadly after working with August, doing everything already discussed in this thread and August examining my logs they concludeD:
"Since this is in Apple’s infrastructure, we’re not able to see any failures in our system. Have you reached out to apple on this?"
So i seem to be stuck ...any help would still be greatly appreciated.
I too have the same issue. When I open the august app it says that I need to turn on bluetooth. I Also have a ATV 4.
I Just went through this. It's buried in there. realize you're not trying to connect with your lock via Bluetoot, so all you have to do on the Apple TV is make sure Bluetooth is on And not disableD. Then sign into iCloud under the settings app. Now this is weird but then download the remote app from the iTunes Store And make sure your phone and the app has HomeKit enabled. Now go to the remote section on the Apple TV under settings - and enter the remote app part. Here it will ask you to turn on HomeKit and enter your Apple ID. After this is set up, and the remote app recognizes the Apple TV (thus verifying HomeKit is active) you should find that the August lock is now able to communicate with Siri even when Bluetooth and wifi are turned off on your phone.
This was working for me up until the latest august update where the lock is now supported in the home app. So I can use in home app now but now the remote connection is not working 😟. I was happy that they finally got it to work in the home app but great now the remote doesn't work. So disappointing. Anyone else have this experience?
How do I connect August Smart Lock to my Apple TV Generation 3?
