Kevo has never not worked for me. I love it!
I've got the Kevo (have only had it since late last week) but so far it's great. My phone stays in my pocket and the deadbolt locks/unlocks every time.
I really hope that is not the reason. If so, it will be my reason for dropping Apple products. HomeKit is not proven yet and there are several other home connectivity products that are well established and reliable.I think the primary reason is the refusal to support HomeKit. They have ceased selling several other none supporting products since the release of HomeKit.
I'd like to see a smart lock with NFC that works just like apple pay. No need to unlock my iPhone and open an app; simply hold the iPhone up to the lock, authenticate with Touch ID, and voila.
I really hope that is not the reason. If so, it will be my reason for dropping Apple products. HomeKit is not proven yet and there are several other home connectivity products that are well established and reliable.
Apple are a real bunch of ******s for wanting to sell home automation products that support its own standard optimized for the phone in your pocket, and for allowing you to buy non-HomeKit products anywhere else you choose.
It's actually due to encrypted hardware required in the controlled device.
Apple are a real bunch of ******s for wanting to sell home automation products that support its own standard optimized for the phone in your pocket, and for allowing you to buy non-HomeKit products anywhere else you choose.
For everyone that is having HomeKit issues, open a case with Apple. You will not be charged. . . . .
I would imagine it is at least as safe as a regular lock, someone might be able to hack it but they could also pick your normal lock.Is this really safe?
Actually you're right and thank you for bringing up this point. My understanding, from what I've read, is that the reason HomeKit has been a little slow to catch on is because manufacturers have to comply with Apple's stringent encryption requirements. If you're an iPhone user you want a HomeKit product.
I got the Schlage Sense about a week ago, installation went beautifully, works like butter inside the home, but...
Outside the home it's a complete clusterf**k. I have two HomeKit devices, the Sense and an Ecobee3 and BOTH don't work outside the home. I've gotten both work about twice in the past week. Even with an Apple TV 4, all my devices updated to the latest iOS / tvOS, signing out/in of my iCloud, resetting my devices, etc, I cannot for the life of me get it to work reliably. Siri always barks that "Sorry, I can't do that right now".
I have an open case with Apple that's been escalated to an engineer. My guess is that because of Apple's strict stance on security, troubleshooting the connection between Siri on your iPhone outside the home and your Apple TV 4 inside your home may very well be almost impossible for even the engineers as everything is encrypted.
Before I pushed the Apple senior advisor to escalate, they were telling me it's a manufacturer issue. I would understand if I only had 1 HomeKit device and it worked sporadically, but I have two and they both don't really work from outside, so it leads me to believe that it is NOT a Schlage or Ecobee issue, but an Apple / HomeKit / AppleTV issue.
Thing is, I could live without Siri from outside. The Ecobee is Wifi enabled and has an app so you can use it from outside, not so with the Schlage. If the communications between your device and iCloud / Apple TV isn't working properly, the Schlage app WILL NOT WORK from outside the home (since it either needs Bluetooth or iCloud connectivity with your Apple TV at home). So tell me, wtf is the point of having a smart lock if I can't check the lock status away from the house?
HomeKit is currently leaving a pretty sour taste in my mouth. By far the worst experience with Apple technology I've ever had.
Thats just it, they apparently don't allow you control non-homekit products with your expensive iPhone that you paid for.