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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by photojosh on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @09:41PM (#16589930)
I recently got a certified smart lock, and it's been superb. Any communications outside my network are handled through Apple/HomeKit and I trust them a lot more than some random Chinese IoT supplier.

> That said, for engineers in the crowd I know that I and others get around it by making a HomeKit RPi adapter for things that don't support it...

Yep, they're using HomeBridge. [0]

I'm planning on doing this for my garage door (with a little WiFi dev board) and for a video doorbell (with a RPi with camera). Others have used HomeBridge with a cheap $20 Chinese IP camera to do the same thing, although you have to install an alternate firmware if you don't want the camera to phone home to China... :O

[0]: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by konradb on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:13AM (#16592986)
Are you able to say what lock you got? Would be interested in getting a decent one.
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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by Consultant32452 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @12:03PM (#16594010)
I have a Kwikset Kevo that I enjoy. If I have guests they just install the Kevo app and I can send them temporary keys that expire. I don't use the integration, but apparently it's integrated with Alexa.
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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by konradb on Saturday March 17, 2018 @12:45PM (#16607753)
Thanks!
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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by photojosh on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @12:51AM (#16635563)
Sorry, slow to reply. It's a Schlage Sense. Major selling point for me was that it has a keypad, so I can give non-tech savvy folks an easy in (plus backup in case of flat phone). If you don't want that, there are nicer looking one.
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