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HomeKit adaptive lighting requires an always-at-home iPad or Apple TV to set it up. Until I have those I find manually setting a large amount of Hue schedules a

HomeKit adaptive lighting requires an always-at-home iPad or Apple TV to set it up. Until I have those I find manually setting a large amount of Hue schedules at various times to be OK.

Marsymars 4y ago
Note that Apple has taken away the ability of the iPad to serve as a Home Hub in the latest iPadOS, and the HomePod or HomePod Mini can also serve as Home Hubs.
- artimaeis 4y ago
  Just to be pedantic, the current iPadOS _does_ support it. But there will be an update to the Home software later this year that removes the ability for the iPad to serve as a home hub. https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-16/ https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-16/ > 14. The new Home architecture is a separate update in the Home app, and will be available in a software update later this year. It requires all Apple devices that access the home to be using the latest software. Sharing control of your home and receiving Home notifications require a home hub. Only Apple TV and HomePod are supported as home hubs.
  - AceJohnny2 4y ago
    I've been really confused by this regression of theirs. But I note that the shift will happen at the same time as they introduce Matter support, so perhaps that's related?
    - artimaeis 4y ago
      That's my suspicion as well! I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of the change.
- lloeki 4y ago
  I've been endlessly enraged that they would not allow a Mac Mini to serve as a Home Hub, while allowing a mobile device that may not be always plugged (and thus may run out of battery or not be home) in to serve as one. At least it's consistent now.
  - squokko 4y ago
    They probably never wrote any of the software for anything but iOS
- sebazzz 4y ago
  First get people hooked to HomeKit automations using their iPad they already had, now take that away and upsell an Apple smart home speaker.
- deleted 4y ago
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WorldMaker 4y ago
I've been doing it with Hue schedules too for a while. The Hue app does have automations support of rules based on Sunrise and Sunset. It's not quite as smart as HomeKit adaptive lighting because you can not, say, turn off lights during sunrise and expect them to wakeup in your post-sunset mood at the right hour, but if you are automating all lighting with the Hue hub alone and never using switches, it seems to work just fine.

HomeKit adaptive lighting requires an always-at-home iPad or Apple TV to set it up. Until I have those I find manually setting a large amount of Hue schedules at various times to be OK.

Marsymars 4y ago

Note that Apple has taken away the ability of the iPad to serve as a Home Hub in the latest iPadOS, and the HomePod or HomePod Mini can also serve as Home Hubs.

artimaeis 4y ago
Just to be pedantic, the current iPadOS _does_ support it. But there will be an update to the Home software later this year that removes the ability for the iPad to serve as a home hub. https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-16/ https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-16/ > 14. The new Home architecture is a separate update in the Home app, and will be available in a software update later this year. It requires all Apple devices that access the home to be using the latest software. Sharing control of your home and receiving Home notifications require a home hub. Only Apple TV and HomePod are supported as home hubs.
- AceJohnny2 4y ago
  I've been really confused by this regression of theirs. But I note that the shift will happen at the same time as they introduce Matter support, so perhaps that's related?
  - artimaeis 4y ago
    That's my suspicion as well! I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of the change.
lloeki 4y ago
I've been endlessly enraged that they would not allow a Mac Mini to serve as a Home Hub, while allowing a mobile device that may not be always plugged (and thus may run out of battery or not be home) in to serve as one. At least it's consistent now.
- squokko 4y ago
  They probably never wrote any of the software for anything but iOS
sebazzz 4y ago
First get people hooked to HomeKit automations using their iPad they already had, now take that away and upsell an Apple smart home speaker.
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WorldMaker 4y ago

I've been doing it with Hue schedules too for a while. The Hue app does have automations support of rules based on Sunrise and Sunset. It's not quite as smart as HomeKit adaptive lighting because you can not, say, turn off lights during sunrise and expect them to wakeup in your post-sunset mood at the right hour, but if you are automating all lighting with the Hue hub alone and never using switches, it seems to work just fine.