Apple Smart Home with Over 100 HomeKit Devices

Take a full tour of my 100% Apple HomeKit smart home! Every device is HomeKit or Siri Shortcuts compatible with no Alexa or Google home anywhere. Full list of products below!

📺 Videos Mentioned

Home Studio Tour

HomePod 2 vs. Sonos Arc and Beam

Building a Smart Home Playlist

🌐 Internet Setup

Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE

Wi-Fi access points

Racked Power Strip

Closet Rack

5-Bay Synology

APC Battery Backup

🛒 HomeKit Products

Meross Garage Opener

Circle View Doorbell Camera

Meross Light Switch

Eve Water Guard

ecobee Smart Thermostat

Eve Motion Blinds

Aqara G2H Pro Camera

Wemo 3-Way Switch

Wemo Dimmer

Wemo Smart Plug

Lutron Hub + Dimmer

Philips Hue TV Gradient Light Strip

Hue Play

Hue Sync Box + 55" LED Strip

Apple TV 4K 2022

Leviton Scene Controller

Hue Motion Sensor

Eve Motion Sensor

Eve Button

Aqara Button

Eve Light Strip

SwitchBot Blind Tilt

Aqara Water Leak Sensor

Aqara M2 Hub

Leviton Dimmer

Eve Energy Smart Plug

Meross Smart Plug

Logitech Circle View Camera

Aqara Contact Sensor

Eve Outdoor Cam and Floodlight

Meross Table Lamp

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction
00:23 Smart Garage Door
00:57 HomeKit Video Doorbell
01:52 HomeKit Garage Devices
02:48 Smart Light Switches
03:32 ecobee HomeKit Thermostat
03:58 Lutron Light and Ceiling Fan Control
04:34 Home Studio Smart Devices
05:44 Smart Home Theater Control
06:31 New Lutron Diva and Claro Switches
07:30 Leviton Scene Controller
07:58 Smart Home Internet Hub
08:40 Bedroom Smart Devices
10:11 Bathroom HomeKit Devices
11:41 Living Room Smart Devices
12:27 Motion Sensors and Automations
13:39 Patio and Outdoor HomeKit Devices

My Gear:

[megatronskneecap]

I honestly think you're the first person on YouTube to ever properly indulge in the HomeKit eco system. Props bro.

[stopscammingmeEA]

idk how but this man just made me watch a 15 min video of switches lights and sensors without even realizing
Love the content and presentation

[kekethebasedcat]

Gonna drop some quick feedback here. I get REALLY overwhelmed by youtube tech reviewers and their over the top personalities, I always catch myself feeling anxious when I watch their vids and didn't really realize it until recently. You have an incredibly human approach when it comes to your videos and I don't really feel like I'm watching an ad, or someone trying to get me excited for something that I have no business being excited about. Keep it up homie.

[olufadihaneefullah]

I’ve been looking to get into the automation space for a while and your video is the first that I’ve found that isn’t overwhelming. Everybody else makes convenient assumptions and doesn’t cater to the layman. Great job!

[LamarrWilson]

You and I are very alike in tech taste! Thanks and I hope YouTube sends me more of your videos!

[BifocalOlive]

Thanks for not using a clickbait/obnoxious face on your video — I intentionally avoided every other video that had that when searching for HomeKit info. Also, the presentation was great — cheers

[LeePalisoc]

My most favourite part of Apple Home is Siri announcing who pressed the doorbell, based on your registered faces in your iCloud Photos library, on all HomePods saying “It looks like (Name) is at the door.”

[vauntly]

It’s videos like these that make me wish I owned a house just so I can put all the tech.. 😂 I’m always trying to find more stuff I can do to my room

[iamterrencerobinson]

Yes! I've been looking for something like this. I'm building a new house and I wanted everything Apple Homekit compatible.

[jbnelson]

New sub! Can’t put my finger on it, but you actually sound a lot like an Apple event presenter. Can’t remember who it is but you definitely have the soothing, enunciated voice for it!!

[blueheart]

Pretty amazing walk through of HomeKit integration. Nice house as well. God bless and thanks for sharing.

[KevinBourgeois]

Nice video! Living on the Google Assistant & Home Assistant side of things myself. But interesting to see the different ways of doing it. Though I have setup HomeBridge too for some of the GF's devices. As she's in Apple HomeKit world herself. Nice to see the other side of things really is thriving too. In case we make changes in the future. This is probably the first all HomeKit setup I've really seen like this. Props for going for it and doing a really nice setup.

[jaylensmith]

Living in my college dorm, my schools network does not work with my HomeKit devices. I had to improvise by buying a cheap $50 router with ethernet ports, and then have its network source be the ethernet port in my room. This allows my Apple TV and OG HomePod to connect all my devices and it works well. Motion from my Aqara camera with recording allows me to see who comes into my room when I am not there. For my lights, I have a Meross light that changes different colors. Thankfully, none of them require hubs.

At my house, I have a Raspberry Pi running home bridge for our Chamberlin MyQ. I have a HomePod mini running as the hub. Previously, I had two jailbroken iPhone 6's running as hubs once but replaced them. This is a solid setup

[leemoknows]

Great setup, Stephen! I’m ready to start adding smart blinds to my HomeKit setup.

[jesuscardenas]

Great video! Caseta light switches are the way to go. You can pair multiple remotes to your main light switch. I just got the caseta hub and connected all my light switches to the lutron app. It has an away from home mode where it’ll turn on random lights at night to make it seem like some one is home

[FrancoCastro]

No idea why, but it feels relaxing and simple to follow you, great review!

[labmixz.]

I'm up to 91 homekit accessories myself, 100% homekit, my current obsession is SmartWings Shades w/solar charging, they work so damn well... I just got one shade for my master bedroom as a test (and alarm clock basically). Plan on retrofitting the entire house with them soon.

[siringc]

I don't even like apple, but this was still pretty interesting to watch. Also, massive props for fully going for the apple smart home ecosystem, that can't be easy lol.

[BrianGiuffre]

Very cool, well thought out. I've been slowly over time doing a similar thing as I've grown to really like the simplicity of having everything in one management pane. There are a few once in a while vendor specific apps for more high level configuration things (looking at you aqara) like adjusting cameras, but im fine with that for now. I will say one thing, It would drive me crazy having so many different Eco-systems light switches. I've stuck with one vendor for mine, I guess its just my mild OCD.

[socrates]

One malware and the toaster will conquer the kitchen