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October 20, 2016
Question

HomeKit Support

  • October 20, 2016
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Dear SONOS

When have you planned to launch Home Kit support for our SONOS products?

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    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    October 20, 2016
    Sonos has not announced any HomeKit support. So knowing knows untibthey do if ever.
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    October 21, 2016
    That would be awsome. For instance ability to play a song when getting home or stop playing music when leaving.
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    October 21, 2016
    And I that with Smartthings now
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    chicks
    October 22, 2016
    Yonomi can do that now, too.
    October 22, 2016
    Yonomi is nice but they cant turn of music when you leave.
    As they state "We currently cannot reliably send events to local devices (Sonos and WeMo) when you depart, as you will have most likely disconnected from your home network before the leave event occurs."
    But HomeKit lets you use an iPad or AppleTV as a homehub and lets your phone report to it when you leave.
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    October 22, 2016
    My Smartthings reports when my iPhone comes or goes and can turn on or off Sonos as well and chose what to play. Also can announc arrivals etc via Sonos.
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    October 22, 2016
    Well Smartthings seems nice but you have to buy hardware and use a third party app. That is fine but if you already have a couple of Apple products (example iPhone and iPas) it could be done without buying new hardware and yet another third party automation app if HomeKit were to be supported.
    As an example with Phillips Hue, the integrated Home app works much better with Siri then the Hue app and also works across your other Apple devices without having to install anything new. You also get direct access to your HomeKit devices through the command center by just swiping up on your phone.