*** Featured by Shane Whatley - "Will let you flash any of your HomeKit lights.. and either set the light back to the original state… or set it to a new state after flash. Really cool stuff!"
*** Featured on 9to5Mac.com - "as a dad of three, I need less noise in our house, so I am really enjoying using Signals for HomeKit"
*** Featured on iMore.com - “create tons of distinct signals that cover scenarios like announcing dinner time, or letting someone know that they are taking a little too much time in the shower.”
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*** Featured on HomeKitHero.com - "clever way to get someone’s attention in your home"
Communication at home takes many forms — we want more of the dinner-time conversations, but we could do with less of the loud knocking on doors, banging on ceilings, and shouting up stairs. If you have a HomeKit home, why not take advantage of it, and use your lights to help communicate?
Introducing Signals for HomeKit, the best way to communicate in the home, without all the shouting.
Signals works with any of your bulbs, switches or outlets with lights attached - have a kid who plays video games with headphones on? Just tap on their light to give it a few flashes.
Take it to a new level with the Signals Plus In-App Purchase, and put some meaning behind your flashes:
- Create a Time to Go Signal to flash the kids bedroom lights, and then set their night lights green
- A Dinner Time Signal can pulse lights in the bedrooms and the office, and then set them to blue
- Even setup a “GET DOWN HERE NOW” signal, to flash the kids’ lights red, and keep them that way!
Trigger your Signals in multiple ways — in the app, with your voice or automations using Siri Shortcuts, or with our beautiful Widgets!
Whether you have kids, or someone in the family with a hearing disability, Signals for HomeKit can help quiet things down, and keep the conversations face to face, rather than shouted through the house.
Requirements
- Any HomeKit equipped light bulb, switch or outlet. Switches or outlets must be configured with a light attached. HomeKit must already be configured.
- Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. iOS 15 required.
Usage Notes:
- If you have a bulb or switch with a slow ramp/fade rate, try shortening this rate in the manufacturers app, if the flash isn't noticeable - if this doesn't work, please let us know at https://www.homemadeautomation.com/contact-us, so we can help find a solution!
Creating a new signal and deciding which lights to direct is easy enough. But not terribly intuitive when you get to the “signal” commands. Selecting the color of the signal doesn’t seem to work consistently among other little issues. I purchased the paid version because It seems to have promise. Appreciate the effort the developer made and hope they continue to refine!
Developer Response
Hi jaromad,Thank you so much for the feedback! I'm always looking for ways to make improvements, especially if doing something isn't intuitive, or could be confusing. I would be more than happy to get more detailed feedback, and toss around some ideas -- feel free to DM me on Twitter at @HomeMadeAutoma1, or email me at homeflashapp@gmail.com (I guess I need to update that email!)Thanks again!
Inconsistent & Unreliable
tomc_23
I *really* wanted to like this app, and to be able to use it with the enthusiasm and confidence that other users seem to (at least, at the time). But unfortunately, whatever magic this app may have had at one time, that time has since passed; rarely—if ever—does it successfully execute the assigned changes, and although there are workarounds to restoring Adaptive Lighting upon completion, these are likewise unreliable with inconsistent results.You’re invited to make the your Signal “more meaningful” by setting the lights to a specific state/brightness when it‘s finished—yet just trying to apply the same brightness/color across all the lights used is made incredibly tedious since both of these systems are so uninformative. It’s an app with a *lot* of potential; maybe the Mac version—which supposedly offers more features and functionality—provides a better experience? But as things stand, I definitely wouldn’t have spent money on it if I’d known this would be the outcome.
Simple & Effective, w/ a Hidden Power
Cheeseler
Using the app was very intuitive, I felt right at home! Once unlocked, creating unique Signals gives the App real power. Being able run Signals or flash lights in Siri Shortcuts is a game changer. With two people working from home, it’s nice to flash the lights when I start and stop work to let my SO know when I’m on break. We also flash the lights for dinner and lunch. I’m excited to start incorporating this app into other shortcuts soon.
Developer Response
Hi Cheeseler,Thanks so much for the feedback! Using the Signals to tell your significant other when you're on a break is an AWESOME idea -- love it! Would love to hear about other ways you find to use it!
Always strobes in a startling way
antititus
I really want to like this app, but I’ve bounced off it for a somewhat fussy reason. Imagine I have my lights at 25% white, and a strobe effect set for 80% blue. On most lights, colored light is much dimmer than white light. The way this app works, when the strobe kicks in, it will bring the lights up to 80% white first, then switch them to blue. This always creates a huge and startling flash in my house. I want to use the lights kind of like the visual equivalent of a chime, not a fire alarm. The app is a neat idea, but there’s no use case I can think of that is worth the panic/stress it induces.
A few small bug fixes - thanks to those who reported them!!
Version 2.9
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