Tag: Home automation

• Works with Nest…Final Word

  

  In the category of “Why didn’t I think of this?”: including Google Nest devices in an Apple HomeKit setup has been made easier by the bright folks at Starling. The product is the Starling Home Hub, which is a compact device running the Homebridge application wrapped in a user-friendly management interface. This product makes my…

  jdcatalano

  May 31, 2020

  Tech

  Home automation, Homebridge, Homebridge-Nest, Homekit, Starling Home Hub

• Hey Siri! Open the pod bay door, please

  

  I had hoped that Siri would get the movie reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey and come back with a witty reply, especially since I can’t believe that I am the first geek to name my garage door the “pod bay door” in Apple’s Home app. I envisioned an exchange something like this: Me: “Hey…

  jdcatalano

  August 3, 2018

  Tech

  Apple, Home automation, Homekit