iPhone 8 User Manual

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lightsaroundthehouse,dimsthelightsintheroom“masterbedroom”to30%,

thenlocksthefrontdoorandlowersthethermostat.

IfyouhaveanAppleTV(4thgenerationorlater),oriPadthatyouleaveat

home,youcanschedulescenestorunautomaticallyatcertaintimes,orwhen

youactivateaparticularaccessory(suchasunlockingthefrontdoor).Thisalso

allowsyou,andothersyouinvite,tosecurelycontrolyourhomewhileyou’re

away.

Addandcontrolaccessories

ThefirsttimeyouopentheHomeapp,thesetupassistanthelpsyoucreatea

home,whereyoucanaddaccessoriesanddefinerooms.Ifyoualready

createdahomeusinganotherHomeKit-enabledapp,you’llskipthisstep.

Addanaccessorytoyourhome.ToaddanaccessorytoHome,makesure

theaccessoryisturnedon,tap ,tapAddAccessory,thenfollowthe

onscreeninstructions.Youmayneedtoscanorenteran8-digitHomeKitsetup

codefoundontheaccessoryitself(oritsboxordocumentation).Youcan

assigntheaccessorytoaroom,aswellasgiveitaname.Thenamedefines

howit’sshownintheHomeapp,andalsohowyoucontrolitusingSiri.

Controlanaccessory.Tapanaccessory’sbuttontoquicklyturnitonoroff,or

touchandholdthebuttonuntilcontrolsappear.Theavailablecontrolsdepend

onthetypeofaccessoryitis.Forexample,withsomelightbulbs,youcan

changecolors.Youcanalsocontrolaccessoriesusing .

Assignanaccessorytoaroom.TapRooms,tap ,thenchoosetheroom

theaccessoryiscurrentlyassignedto.(Ifit’snotalreadyassigned,lookin

DefaultRoom.)Touchandholdtheaccessory’sbuttonuntilitscontrolsappear,

thentapDetails.TapLocationtoassignittoaroom.

ControlCenter

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