How to use Apple Watch with your HomeKit accessories

How to use Apple Watch with your HomeKit accessories

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-use-apple-watch-your-homekit-accessories' title="How to use Apple Watch with your HomeKit accessories"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brb/public/field/image/2015/09/1-apple-watch-watchos-2-homekit-hero.jpg?itok=G_CYjBet' />[/url]</p> <p class="intro">Want to control your HomeKit accessories with your Apple Watch? Here's what you need to know.</p> <p>With watchOS 2, you can now control all your HomeKit devices with the Apple Watch. Here's how you can go about doing that!</p> <ul><li>How to set up your accessories with HomeKit</li> <li>How to set up your iPhone with your HomeKit accessories</li> </ul><h2>Here are the commands you can use with Siri and HomeKit</h2> <p>When you first set up HomeKit, you can use Siri to turn things on and off, and adjust them:</p> <ul><li>Turn accessories on</li> <li>Turn accessories off</li> <li>Adjust accessories</li> </ul><p>If you also set up homes, zones, rooms, or scenes, you can use Siri to do things like:</p> <ul><li>Turn accessories on or off in specific homes, zones, or rooms</li> <li>Adjust accessories in specific homes, zones, or rooms</li> <li>Set specific scenes</li> </ul><p>Using those guidelines, I've put together some common phrases you can use when controlling your rooms and zones with Siri.</p> <blockquote class="pull"> <p>"Turn on the lights"</p> <p>This all-purpose command will turn on any HomeKit-enabled lights that you have in your home.</p> <blockquote class="pull"> <p>"Turn on Whitey lights"</p> <p>This will turn on the HomeKit-enabled lights called "Whitey".</p> <blockquote class="pull"> <p>"Turn on the lights in the Space Shuttle"</p> <p>This will turn the lights on in a specific room (The Space Shuttle).</p> <blockquote class="pull"> <p>"Set the Living Room lights to 65"</p> <p>This will dim the living room lights (if possible) to 65%. Note: You have to say "Living Room lights", because if you just say "Living Room", Siri will get confused and think you're talking about a HomeKit thermostat or other numerically-controlled device. Likewise, say "Living Room thermostat" to change your thermostat function.</p> <blockquote class="pull"> <p>"Close the Space Shuttle blinds"</p> <p>This will close your automated blinds.</p> <blockquote class="pull"> <p>"Turn off the Compound"</p> <p>This will turn on every device in The Compound (my custom grouping of both the Space Shuttle and the Living Room).</p> <p>Unfortunately, Siri still can't support full custom phrasing, like "Crash the Compound!" (sorry, Rene!).</p> <h2>Anything I missed?</h2> <p>Found a Siri command for the Apple Watch I haven't covered above? Mention it in the comments.</p> <div class="devicebox"> <h3>HomeKit</h3> <p><img src="

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