What You Need to Know to Start an Apple HomeKit Smart Home

Here is how to get your HomeKit smart home started, how to setup a HomePod mini and using it with the Home app. I also cover how to pick HomeKit devices, controlling your devices, creating scenes and automations. Even if you are an Android user, you can setup a HomePod mini and run your smart home from an iPad. After this video, you will be on your way to starting your Apple smart home. There are a lot more great HomeKit devices from Nanoleaf, Aqara, Meross and others.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:31 What You Need
00:54 HomePod mini Setup
03:08 Using the Home app
06:46 Picking Smart Devices
09:04 Adding Devices
14:30 Controlling Devices
15:13 Creating a Scene
17:30 Writing Automations

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