Yeah, we use this kind of stuff and so do most of our friends. Makes it really convenient when you go on vacations, want to let friends into the house, want to check on it, want temps to automatically adjust back to normal when your plane touches down in town, etc.
Im simply saying from my own personal experience, HomeKit and SIRI is very basic and disappointing.
If i knew it was that simple, i wouldnt bother. I just dont care or think what it does is worth the effort to keep it going. Money is not a factor, my personal time is.
Im not interested in bullshit that achieves almost nothing.
I was trying to lay some perspective on costs. Lawn fertilizer is like $100. Same money buys you remote AC so you can cool/heat house before arriving, but also shut it down automatically which saves money, also garage door opener so you never have to carry your keys anymore and couple of smart bulbs or light switches so lights come up as you arrive home - you don’t have to fumble around.
it is very nice not to need to carry metal keys around. but keypad "dumb" locks can do that. i def dont want a lock that requires an internet connection.
or you could just accept that a door lock itself is mostly a placebo that at best would slow down or deter only the laziest of intruder and leave your doors unlocked.
Ngl, I got kinda excited by the submission title until the last two characters. Crediting LG as a development partner automatically sours the product, even before seeing details. Who has the time and money to beta test shit tier LG products while simultaneously fending off identity thieves or trying to RMA a broken device, as is tradition for USA bound LG engineered products?
Apple co-developed Matter and brought its security with it. If they can do that for LG products and prove their adherence to privacy & security, then I think that’s a win for home automation customers as it brings more competition to the space. The new ikea bulbs are a good example, they’re matter over thread and so cheap compared to Philips hue.
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[ 0.21 ms ] story [ 11.4 ms ] thread...your information though, not the product. They'll sell you out if they get the right MBA.
An LG device in your home could potentially hop through it for snooping and fw updates.
What have they really created since steve jobs?
Homekit is dodgy, for some strange reason stuff randomly disconnects from the network here and there, and require a hard reset every so often.
No idea why but homekit sometimes fails to see some devices, but the manuf app is able to work with them.
Siri is also pretty dumb, for example "Turn off Lights" isnt smart enough to turn off any lights that are on. One must say "Turn of ALL lights".
Im simply saying from my own personal experience, HomeKit and SIRI is very basic and disappointing.
If i knew it was that simple, i wouldnt bother. I just dont care or think what it does is worth the effort to keep it going. Money is not a factor, my personal time is.
Im not interested in bullshit that achieves almost nothing.
Smart door locks are mostly an AirBnB / rental cabin thing.
or you could just accept that a door lock itself is mostly a placebo that at best would slow down or deter only the laziest of intruder and leave your doors unlocked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Rokr_E1
Sure on some devices its impossible to avoid, but for generic stuff like cameras and switches, etc - plenty of options are out there.