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Title: Logitech Circle 2 tape hack adds HomeKit to wireless battery cameras
Post by: HCK on April 29, 2020, 04:05:21 pm
Logitech Circle 2 tape hack adds HomeKit to wireless battery cameras

Now both Circle 2 models can work with HomeKit.

What you need to know


A new video shows the process of adding HomeKit support to the wire-free Logitech Circle 2 Camera.
The hack uses just a piece of electrical tape and takes only a few seconds.
Adding HomeKit does have tradeoffs including significantly reduced battery life.


A simple, yet incredibly useful hack for Logitech Circle 2 Wire-Free Cameras is breathing new life into the HomeKit holdout. While the wired version of the Circle 2 has had HomeKit and HomeKit Secure Video support for quite a while, the battery version has always sat on the sideline.

Shared recently by ReyG on YouTube, a piece of electrical tape is all that is needed to bring HomeKit to the completely wireless camera. According to the video, Rey states that during a support inquiry for a wired Circle 2 camera failure, Logitech told them that the battery version could work with HomeKit by simply putting it into their existing wired mount.





Rey was then gi...

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