I got bored of waiting for a Sonos and Nest Apps

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  1. Crosspjc, Jun 22, 2015

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    ...so I did a little digging on the interweb and came up with the following solutions:

    a) Nest

    I bought Thessa from the app store which has an apple watch extension and notification centre widget. Works well but does not currently have access to the digital crown. I assume this will come with native apps.

    b) Sonos

    A part work around. I installed AirSonos onto a raspberry pi and can now airplay to the sonos speakers from all my iDevices. This means I can remote control the iPhone music app or play music from the watch both to my sonos 1. You can also use Siri!

    My Sonos speakers are now a lot more usefull all for about £25 and a few leads I had lying around. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post a "how to" for AirSonos. If Mods say it's ok Ill post one up or you can google Airsonos. I had to mix and match from a couple of guides to get it working but it was quite straight forward.

    Hope this helps people with their home automation which is going to be the watches "killer app".
     
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  2. Newtons Apple, Jun 22, 2015

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    The problem with the Nest program is that Google has combined it with DropCam and I am not so sure they will have a AW app and I doubt the Google even wants too. I would have never invested in 4 nest t-stats and three dropcams as Google is not trusted around my house or office.
     
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  3. driessmulders, Jun 22, 2015

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    Check out ZonePlay on the App Store. I think it's the solution you're looking for!
     
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  4. Crosspjc, Jun 22, 2015

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    The thing that annoyed me about Sonos is that you had to use their app instead of just using the native music or Siri. I don't think zone play gets around this from a quick look at the description.

    When Apple music is here I think airsonos will be a good workaround whilst waiting for Sonos to add the service.
     
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  5. tearsen, Jun 22, 2015

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    I´ve been using airsonos for a couple of month now, for me it is the best way to fully use airplay on sonos speakers.
     
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  6. elbartino, Jun 22, 2015

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    There is a good app on the app store with a watch app called 'Home Remote' which will allow HTTP commands sent over a network. I use it to control a home automation system with nest stat, Sonos, as well as tv media player lights etc. Really good and easy to control anything that can receive http commands as a trigger.
     
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  7. digduggler, Jun 22, 2015

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    What annoys me about Thessa is it will only adjust in 2 degree increments (Fahrenheit anyway...)
     
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  8. Crosspjc, Jun 22, 2015

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    Are you using a raspberry pi or a Mac to run it?
     
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  9. tearsen, Jun 22, 2015

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    I´ve got a little hackintosh, running OS X Server 24/7, thats the machine on which airsonos is installed.
     
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