Home Automation Integration.... Specifically Apple HomeKit

Already at my home...
Wake up starts with dimmed lights and very quiet music, central Alarm clock running on my home automation server, accessible from Android phone or PC.
I even get speech announcements, say for example how much time is left till the alarm clock goes of. Or in the morning time announcements in the bathroom for my wife....
The doorbell chimes via Sonos, cell phone the same... possibilites are truly endless

Chrihuc,

I usually wake up next to the wife with her hair in rollers. The over-fed and over-sized family dog (who looks similar to the wife) is usually barking loudly downstairs to go outside (he is well trained)... The wife is still learning.

The dog is often the reason I wake up most mornings. He has been known to fetch a newspaper from the letterbox albeit the paperboy must tear it to shreds pushing it through the door. (The dog denies responsibility).

Most days, it's freezing cold in the house coz the boiler-timer has recently broken and the sun is often eye-squintingly bright through the bedroom window, as it rises over the house across the road. The bedroom curtains just won't close for some reason. I haven't found a phone app that can pull curtains across.

I think it's usually the postman who rings the doorbell early, but I've never met him. He seems to have a certain 'ring' which makes the wife always look at me and tell me that I ought to get off to work otherwise I will hit the traffic.

The postman must be a nice bloke though, as he recently left me his old work jacket, which I found at the bottom of my bed... Lucky me!

My little Sonos Play-1 speaker is stored safely in the back bedroom where I sometimes sleep, as apparently I have been known to snore (just slightly) at night and wake the wife. The speaker is right next to the light cord which I can just about reach from the single bed. In one foul swoop I can turn off both the light and mute the speaker at the same time. That's technology at its best.

Occasionally the local Police Beat Bobby likes to call round, rather early some mornings and start tidying my eldest sons bedroom... I'm still to figure out if this is connected to anything in the house, but it seems to happen automatically some days, whenever the front door lock falls off its frame. I assume that it's faulty and no longer under warranty.

What more can any man wish for?

Ken Griffiths

P.S. If my wife is reading this... It was a joke okay!!... I have enough scars and bruises for this year .. ha ha

Oh by the way, what does a bird sound like? ... I live in a big City!

Ha ha 🙂 thanks for giving me something to laugh ;)

Back to real life.
About the Sonos start playing, once you arrive home. I thought about it. But how would you handle that? My likes are changing quite often. What if your wife is already home (and she does not agree with your preferences...)?
Did you play around with the Hues? The lowest setting is still to bright for my wife in the morning 😞

Is there any plan to support Apple Homekit ? I really want it.

Is there any plan to support Apple Homekit ? I really want it.

Nothing we can announce publicly around Homekit support, but I'll pass your interest on to the team. Thanks for asking.

This would be amazing. The response about publicly seems promising. Sonos really needs to go down this route, its all about everything being connected these days and more so in the future. Amazon echo is cool too. Make it happen sonos

This would be great - especially following the recent 'Home' app announcement for iOS10... if there was a widget in there to control Sonos on a per-room basis (and link to Apple Music) that would be AMAZING!!

If this is something that is in the works and will be up for beta testing at some point, you can definitely count me in!!

This is a a must have. I spent a ton of money on apple, and a ton of money on Sonos equipment.

So go spend $50 on an Echo Dot. Integration of Alexa with Sonos is announced and in the works. Homekit is lagging the market, so unlikely Sonos is interested just now.

Sonos works well with home automation using Smartthings.

When I turn on my alarm at night (actually can do via echo saying "Alexa turn on security system" - Smartthings tells what alarms are set for the next day and gives me the local weather forecast for tomorrow through Sonos.

In the morning I have a Smartthings alarm that turns off my alarm system, tells me good morning and gives me the forecast all via Sonos.

If an alarm triggers - in addition to the siren Smartthings plays an announcement via all Sonos speakers in my house.

I can trigger Sonos music on and off via Smartthings controls.