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Hive now supports integration with Apple Home for Hive Active Heating (current thermostat models), Hive Radiator Valves, Hive Lights (all models), and Hive Plugs.
Control Your Smart Home:
Apple Home provides a centralised platform to control your smart home products, including heating and lights from various manufacturers. You can access and control these devices via Apple’s Home app and/or Siri on iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
Siri Shortcuts Types of Siri Shortcuts:
- Quick Action Siri Shortcuts
- Hive View Siri Shortcuts
Quick Action Siri Shortcuts:
- Setup:
- Open the Hive app on your iPhone.
- Tap on Actions.
- Select an existing Quick Action or create a new one.
- Tap Add to Siri.
- Record a phrase (e.g., “Movie night”).
- Tap Done.
- Tip: Use with Siri on Apple Watch (watchOS 5 or later) or HomePod.
Hive View Siri Shortcuts:
- Setup:
- Open the Hive app and go to your Hive View or Hive View Outdoor camera.
- Tap on the settings icon.
- Select Siri Shortcuts.
- Tap Add to Siri.
- Record a phrase (e.g., “Check living room”).
- Tap Done.
Now you can control your Hive devices with Siri voice commands!
Siri Commands with Hive Devices Using Siri with Hive Devices:
Once your Hive devices are connected to Apple Home, you can control them using Siri by saying commands like:
- “Set my heating to 21 degrees” (or your desired temperature)
- “Turn the heating off”
- “What’s the temperature in my home?”
- “Make it warmer” (sets the target temperature to 1 degree above the current temperature)
- “Turn the bedroom light on”
- “Set the living room lights to 30%”
- “Living room 100% brightness”
- “Dim all the lights”
- “All lights off”
- “Make my lights purple” (or any color you prefer, for color lights only)
- “Turn my desk plug off”
- “Turn all my plugs on”
