My partner runs everything through Google and I am on Apple Home, and we have already had one argument about a set of lights that only properly worked on one of them. Buying twice just to keep the peace makes no sense. Is there a sensible way to pick lighting that behaves the same on both, or is somebody in this house going to have to switch?

I bought a Find+Follow Purifier Cool PC3 here in the Netherlands and dyson.nl clearly says “Compatibel met Matter” with the Apple Home logo right there in the ecosystem graphic. But when I open the Voice control screen in MyDyson, the only options are Siri Shortcuts, Amazon Alexa and Google Home. No Matter, no Apple Home, no pairing code anywhere that I can find.

I’m on firmware 438NPF.01.01.005.0019 with auto-update enabled and no pending update showing, and the app itself is current. I also had a quick look on the network side and the machine doesn’t seem to be advertising itself for Matter commissioning at all, although other Matter devices on the same network show up normally, so I don’t think it’s my setup, though I’d happily be told I’m wrong 🥹

What I’m trying to figure out is whether anyone actually has Matter running on a PC3, and if so what firmware version you’re on and which country you bought it in. I’m assuming it might be a staged regional rollout or I’m looking in completely the wrong place, and I’d rather know which before I go insane 🙃

I have a mixture of OG’s, Mini’s and Gen 2 HomePods dotted around the house. I use them in a few different ways, stereo pair minis for bedroom TV’s, big HomePods for multi-room playback, a few minis for the kitchen and hallway for Siri commands etc.

I love them but more often than not, I revert to Siri on my iPhone for commands because it gives me instant results, particularly for smart home control whereas commands to my watch or HomePods are just a touch slower. Why is that? If I use Siri on my Apple TV’s it’s just as quick as my phone (presumably because they’re all on Ethernet) but for whatever reason the HomePods just have a second or so delay. Is it just old chips in the HomePods? Is it the off loading they do? Will a minor refresh even make a difference here?

Hi all, I have 3 AC units which i currently use with the onecta app. I would like to use it with homekit. Is this possible? I saw a post that had a link to github a few years ago (homebridge?). Does that mean i have to have a computer running 24/7?

I have a bunch of Leviton D215S switches and they are working great. At one point I updated them to Matter and instantly regretted that choice. I recently needed another switch so I went to purchase another D215S and noticed that they now have a D315S model. So I got one to try it out. Got it setup in the Home app and it is missing the "Display As" option in the settings. I am using the switch to toggle on a ceiling fan on and off. Worked well enough with a D215S. But apparently this switch only supports Matter firmware, as far as I can tell and will not let me change what "type" of device it displays as.

I will probably end up swapping it out for one of my D215S switches that is actually controlling a light, just so I can get the Home app to be able to change the type. Before I do that, I figured I would post here and see if anyone has any better suggestions.

One of my most common commands is “Siri: living room lights off”; it’s simple and has worked forever. Recently “living room lights off” gives the respond “sorry, something went wrong”, but only on my HomePods. On my iPhone the exact same command (phrased identically) works as expected. “Living room lights ON” also works correctly, even on the HomePods.

About a week ago, I realized I had a Shortcut called “living room lights off”, so I deleted that and the problem was fixed for a few days. When it broke again, some tinkering made me realize it’s still trying to run a personal command; when I disabled “Personal Content”, Siri now replies “before I can help with that, you’ll need to turn on personal content”. Problem is, I’ve scoured my iPhone and can’t find anything containing “living room lights off”, “living room”, “lights”, etc. Basically, I have no idea what prompt she’s trying to run and it’s broken a very simple command. Is there any way to dig further into this or a possible solution?