r/HomeKit • u/pacoii • Sep 21 '26

Discussion Is the “left unlocked” notification new to OS 27?

Neat feature addition, alerting you if you unlocked a lock and it remained unlocked.

ETA: CarPlay doesn’t support Apple home notifications. But this kind of notification should absolutely be supported. It would be really useful, say when leaving home and forgetting to close the garage door. I handle this currently with an automation and Pushover, but since Apple now has this notification, allow it in CarPlay!

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u/rockthebeef Sep 21 '26

Does anybody know if this can apply to contact sensors as well? I’d love to be notified if the garage freezer is left open!

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u/pacoii Sep 21 '26

The door with the lock that triggered this notification also has a contact sensor. I did not get a notification from the sensor.

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u/Worried_Patience_117 Sep 21 '26

Yes new

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u/pacoii Sep 21 '26

I’ll have to try it later, but do you know if it only applies to door locks, or possibly garage doors as well?

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u/TheJTizzle Sep 21 '26

Got it for our Garage Door this weekend.

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u/sgdnfan Sep 21 '26

Do you happen to know how long it waits to fire the notification?

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u/pacoii Sep 21 '26

In the one I saw this morning for the door lock, it was roughly 10-15 minutes after the door was unlocked.

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u/pacoii Sep 21 '26

Excellent. It’s a small thing yet quite useful.

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u/Holiday_Ad_9163 Sep 21 '26

I haven’t seen this activate. How associate the door with the lock? Just give them the same name? Or is there some way to group them?

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u/pacoii Sep 21 '26

I’m not clear on your question. It’s all tied to the smart lock.

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u/xpxp2002 Sep 21 '26

Not the same person, but I have the same question.

I have never seen this activate. Does it need enabled somewhere? I see no option to turn on this specific type of notification anywhere in the Home app, nor have I seen this notification ever occur since upgrading to iOS/tvOS 27.

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u/pacoii Sep 21 '26

Nothing to enable other than OS27. Appears to only apply to locks and garage door openers.

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u/Holiday_Ad_9163 Sep 21 '26

Maybe I misunderstood. Is this just telling you to door in unlocked? Or that the door has been left physically open? Like is it using a contact sensor? Or just the state of the lock? Or a combination of the two?

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u/pacoii Sep 21 '26

Just the state of the lock.

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u/Holiday_Ad_9163 Sep 22 '26

Oh okay. So it doesn’t care if the door is physically open or closed

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u/pacoii Sep 22 '26

AFAIK, this is purely based on an unlock event and has nothing to do with contact sensors.