Connect to Siri

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In order to control any Wyze products with Siri on Apple devices or in the HomeKit app, HomeKit support is needed. This is not currently an option, but it is on the Wishlist

Apple HomeKit Integration

UPDATE 12/16/19: UPDATE 6/24/19: This is under strong consideration and we’re investigating it. This probably won’t happen soon, though. HomeKit is Apple’s software that allows for integration with smart home devices. This would allow automation and voice control with Apple products. Best, WyzeGwendolyn

HomeKit is gaining popularity, but it wasn’t as popular as Amazon and Google when Wyze started integration with these services. I’m not entirely sure, but there may be some issues between Apple and Wyze in trying to get this going too. This is the most recent update on this:

Apple HomeKit Integration

the biggest thing for HomeKit is that we have to create a complete local interactions model that is compatible with HomeKit and if we had local control, we will look at how to do it so it works also with Google Home local SDK requirements and try to anticipate also how we can do local control with our own hardware and software. As such, this is a non trivial issue that requires a lot of engineering to work across the different products that we have. So, we are not abandoning HomeKit, quite the…

Also some interesting information regarding requirements from Apple:

Apple HomeKit Integration

The only thing that would work with Apple is a direct connection. There is a CLEAR requirement in the spec for HomeKit that the devices should be connected directly and cannot use a relay (hub or else). Because of the size of Wyze, anything else would get us in trouble with Apple.

In the end, make sure to look at the product’s specs for the compatibility of third party services before purchasing.