HomeKit integration for all cameras

@Kami_Mark Count another vote from me for HomeKit integration! I’ve had YI cameras for months now (birthday gift) and they’ve been sitting in a closet because they don’t have HomeKit.

It’s software based now, so you don’t need to build in the extra security hardware Apple used to require. So even older cameras can be integrated.

Lastly, if you’re worried about a lack of interest, slap your brand on Apple’s HomeKit supported devices website.

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Sounds good to me. I’ll flick the product team a link to this thread. Thanks!

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Another one for homekit integration, I have 5 cameras, ordered 2 more. please make life easy for us

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Please, please, please integrate HomeKit. If no-one is asking that is because they don’t know about the technology.

Lets go. Tired of waiting.

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@microtard Thanks for the feedback and welcome to the community!

We greatly appreciate your interest in helping us improve. An integrated HomeKit seems to be something becoming more requested over the past month or two. I’ll follow up on this thread with more information.

Thanks for the patience and support!

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another vote for HomeKit integration. Have 2 Yi cameras, expect to buy 2 more cameras in next year but will limit to Homekit integrated.

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HomeKit would be great instead of buying new camera from other brands…

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HomeKit is a must from now on, since I have multiple cameras around the house unfortunately I have to put my YI cams in the box and switch to Eufy or Aqara cams.
I guess it’s depends on YI company is they would update to support HomeKit or not.

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@Billthayes1 @ChriGaMi @newnour1 Welcome to the community, people! We are so glad to have you. Thanks for your feedback. We appreciate it greatly. Please stick around, learn & share!

At this time, a HomeKit integration is not on our priority list. We have some great software upgrades coming out very, very soon that we are working hard on.

Lack of HomeKit integration is definitely preventing me from buying more or recommending these to others. At the very least, is there a way to build hooks for Siri or Shortcut calls? What about some triggering via IFTT? Even iRobot can do that and all that does is drive and suck. Thanks for the consideration.

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True Dgbaer…, i am with you on this. Its a highly required feature now to have this integration with IFTTT as well as home kit. Got an EUFY homekit 2k Camera as Christmas gift this year and trust me it makes life so simple after using that there is no way i can vouch for Yi camera anymore. Hope YI teams hear us soon. As i am too much invested in their ecosystem now.

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@GorangV @Dgbaer Really appreciate the feedback. Thank you so much for sharing this. It’s becoming more & more of a requested upgrade from our customers. We will keep all posted when we get to this upgrade.

Dgbaer - Welcome to the community! Thank you for joining. Please stick around share what you know & learn from others.

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I would love to see HomeKit integration. I have 6 Yi cameras that I use on daily basis and in need of 2 more cameras but only the lack of HomeKit integration is what holding me back from investing more on the brand. Hopefully we hear some good news soon

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Thanks @mhamdto for the feedback! I totally get the ease of use of HomeKit integration and as time goes on, its something we plan on looking into but right now we’re working hard to improve every aspect of our cameras and the software the relay on.

We appreciate your feedback. The forum feedback is so helpful and we might be lost with out the help of the entire forum.

Thanks, again. Take care.

I planing buy 15 videocam for my new villa and I like your products. But I need smart gadgets for my Apple Home Kit… :wink:

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Another vote for HomeKit integration.
It’s baffling that Alexa is still the only option available.

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I think Homekit integration is essential. Sad it’s not even on the pipeline. I would think that adding functionality to another app would only increase adoption of your product. Please consider my vote.

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Let’s go already on HomeKit integration before i have to find a custom firmware that will let me do it myself.

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Thanks for all the feedback. We do our best to accommodate all requests.

Hey Steven, any news about homekit integration? Or is it too early to ask?

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