![]() The Photo Library allows the Home app to send more intelligent notifications for motion that include a person's name, and you can even turn off notifications for certain people. Face Recognition leverages your existing Photo Library to determine the person within your camera's view. Motion events are also analyzed instantly, providing timely notifications, and you can filter out cars and animals if desired.Īdvanced HomeKit Secure Video-enabled features include Face Recognition and Package Detection. The timeline is where you can manage HomeKit Secure Video recordings with options to review, save, and share your footage. Once you set up a compatible camera, a timeline of motion events will appear directly on your camera's feed. Users with HomeKit Secure Video-enabled cameras and a paid iCloud storage account have free access to a rolling 10-day period of recordings. HomeKit Secure Video, introduced in iOS 13, brings camera feeds, controls, Activity Zones, Face Recognition, Package Detection, and recordings into the Home app. IOS 16 Home app Activity Zones displayed on an iPhone 13 Pro Max (Image credit: Christopher Close / Future) See How to adjust notifications and status for your HomeKit accessories if you want to learn how to filter out nuisance alerts or add more to your Home View. This portion of the app is customizable for certain HomeKit-enabled accessories allowing you to filter out the status for smart plugs that are always left on or if you want to exclude a temperature sensor in a room you don't want to monitor all the time. In this area, you will also see critical status messages like low battery warnings and accessory update availability. The icons directly below your home's name (and within a room) act as a status overview for your home, displaying metrics from sensors like HomeKit temperature or air quality sensors and how many light switches are on. When you launch the Home app and find yourself on the Home View page, you'll see your home's name in big and bold lettering near the top of the screen. (Image credit: Christopher Close / Future) IOS 16 Home app notification displayed on an iPhone 13 Pro Max. You can remove devices from this view using the Remove from Home View option after long pressing the accessory icon. This area allows quick access to your accessories without jumping back and forth between rooms. Toward the bottom of the Home View, you will see all of your HomeKit accessories sorted by Room. If you need help, we got you covered with the guide: How to set your favorite scenes and accessories in the Home app. At the top of the Home View are your favorite scenes and accessories that you designate using the Include in Favorites option in the Accessory Details panel for your accessories. Launching the Home app presents you with a page of curated scenes and accessories called the Home View. For a step-by-step walkthrough on creating scenes, check out the guide: How to create scenes in the Home app. Scenes can even be included in automation (more on that below) with other accessories. All of the actions are performed in the background, saving you from tapping and swiping around to find each accessory. The beauty of scenes (and HomeKit in general) is that they can be created regardless of whether your HomeKit door lock is from a manufacturer different from your HomeKit smart plug. By creating a scene, you can put together a way to turn off or dim your HomeKit light bulbs, close your blinds, and fire up your HomeKit TV, all with a single tap or shout to Siri. ![]() HomeKit scenes are a way to combine multiple controls for all of your accessories into one action. IOS 16 Home displayed on an iPhone 13 Pro Max on a wooden background.
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