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Sep 11, 2026
Chance MillerHOST
Apple also has more details on the Intelligence features in the Home app, including the more advanced video summaries.
Chance MillerHOST
This is the feature that gives you detailed summaries of things that are happening on your HomeKit cameras.
Chance MillerHOST
Apple says the two terabyte iCloud+ plan will enable those AI features for one camera.
Chance MillerHOST
You can get up to two cameras with the six terabyte plan and up to five cameras with the twelve terabyte plan.
Benjamin MayoHOST
Like, they're not that specific.
Benjamin MayoHOST
But they do call out the AI video summaries feature in HomeKit for your video cameras.
Benjamin MayoHOST
Now, during the whole of the beta season, you could do it with five cameras on the two terabyte iCloud+ plan.
Chance MillerHOST
Mm-hmm.
Chance MillerHOST
And I guess, I mean [laughs] it's cost them a lot of money to make it better and better, 'cause now they're limiting it.
Benjamin MayoHOST
Yeah, I mean, I was on the...
Benjamin MayoHOST
You know, considering I only have two cameras, HomeKit cameras.
Chance MillerHOST
Mm-hmm.
Jon RatcliffeHOST
Welcome back to Everything Apple Home.
Jon RatcliffeHOST
There was no episode last week because I was over in Berlin covering Ether, but we're back and I've plenty to talk about.
Jon RatcliffeHOST
Apple's September event has now taken place, and unfortunately, there was no new hardware.
Jon RatcliffeHOST
Apple has also confirmed the iCloud Plus requirements for its new Apple Intelligence camera features, and I've got a quick roundup of some of the best Apple Home devices I saw at Ether.
Jon RatcliffeHOST
Let's get straight into it.
Jon RatcliffeHOST
Apple's September event has been and gone, and despite all the rumours leading up to it, we didn't get any new Apple hardware.
Jon RatcliffeHOST
There was no new Apple TV, or the more importantly, the Homepad.
Jon RatcliffeHOST
But I don't think that means we're done for 2026.
Adam ChristensenHOST
What brands, models do you recommend? I don't want a subscription system.
Adam ChristensenHOST
I would like something that's HomeKit compatible or compatible via HomeBridge.
Adam ChristensenHOST
I'm also interested in your recommended setup, solar, wired, etc., You save video to a local drive? Is it worth doing that? Have a great show, Mike.
Dave HamiltonHOST
You want me to take this one, Pete? You want to take it?
6 MINS LATER
Dave HamiltonHOST
And is your doorbell, because I'm going to look at mine here.
Dave HamiltonHOST
I don't think my doorbell.
Dave HamiltonHOST
Oh, no, my doorbell is HomeKit compatible, too.
Dave HamiltonHOST
Yeah, yeah.
SkeevaHOST
All it requires is an internal network connection, and you can control the device from the manufacturer's app, from Home Assistant, from Alexa, from Google, from anything that you want.
SkeevaHOST
It's compatible with Apple HomeKit, with literally everything, without any internet connection whatsoever.
SkeevaHOST
So as things go out, you can still have all your automations working, And I had a handful of bulbs that still did not have matter built in and could only be for sure.
SkeevaHOST
I have four
Oskar KjeldsbroddenHOST
So I'll start.
Oskar KjeldsbroddenHOST
I'm using Apple Home, and now I'm back again.
Oskar KjeldsbroddenHOST
Woohoo.
Theo GallitonksHOST
I still can't see you, to be honest.
Oskar KjeldsbroddenHOST
I can see myself at least, that's something.
Oskar KjeldsbroddenHOST
Well, I'm using Apple Home for my smart home platform, although the rest of my family uses Google Home because we have like a Google Nest Wi-Fi thing.
Oskar KjeldsbroddenHOST
Yeah.
Oskar KjeldsbroddenHOST
So we're kind of in between, but I use Apple Home mostly for my personal things in my room.
Mickey PapillonHOST
And it has felt a little bit fragmented.
Mickey PapillonHOST
HomeKit is good.
Mickey PapillonHOST
I think it works for many people.
Mickey PapillonHOST
But to have something like that could be interesting.
Mickey PapillonHOST
So I think that makes a lot of sense.
Mickey PapillonHOST
You know, and for, for many people, I think it's maybe not too little too late because Apple will, you know, inevitably whatever they sell, it becomes almost immediate success just because people are interested in, you know, having that simplicity.
Mickey PapillonHOST
But, you know, I, I'm, have not chosen to use cameras that have HomeKit integration.
Mickey PapillonHOST
They're completely separate and cloud-based.
Troy HuntHOST
Now the problem is, is that this doesn't read either of those positions.
Troy HuntHOST
What that means is that by the time this goes, not just to the Ubiquiti access interface and everything that you get in your Ubiquiti dashboard, but by the time it goes in the home assistant integration and then goes down to HomeKit Bridge and then ultimately appears on my watch or my phone or things like that, we don't actually know whether the door is unlocked.
Troy HuntHOST
which is a frustration, admittedly.
Troy HuntHOST
We know if the door is closed because the door position sensor, definitely magnetic because it's literally holding onto the screws there.
Adam LoboHOST
So not going into the rumors, but going into my wish list, I always wanted a smart home hub.
Adam LoboHOST
We spoke about this in our previous episodes where I felt like instead of us using an iPad, I would love to have a dedicated since I'm using the HomeKit ecosystem.
Adam LoboHOST
Of course, there are so many different products.
Adam LoboHOST
We also discussed about what is your wish list of Apple products that we'd like to see.
John VoorheesHOST
And about five o'clock, Three days before we were supposed to leave for Philadelphia, I get a knock on the door and I look out.
John VoorheesHOST
I look on my camera, my HomeKit camera, and I see a guy standing there.
John VoorheesHOST
And, you know, a lot of times you get people who come by.
John VoorheesHOST
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