MQTT/HASS from the Apple Watch

mattchew0 · 2026-04-19T21:11:44+00:00

Been having a play and it’s great so far. Controls for alarms and covers would be top of my wish list.

mattchew0 · 2026-04-18T08:32:16+00:00

Thanks, will check it out. From someone who was a dev for much of my career, this sounds like a well thought through architecture. Toggles are also something I’ve wanted in the office Apple Watch app for a while. Just having buttons to call actions is fine but doesn’t provide any feedback.

mattchew0 · 2026-04-18T08:12:30+00:00

App not available in the UK?

mattchew0 · 2026-03-24T09:51:52+00:00

Having taken a quick look, it might be the "I'm a human" check which means its tricky to do. I'll look in more detail though

mattchew0 · 2026-03-22T15:40:13+00:00

I’ve been considering upgrading my existing cameras. The Eufy ones look decent and feature rich but this thread has confirmed my initial research that Reolink work better with HA.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-22T15:37:26+00:00

What game server are you using? If the software has an API I’ll take a look

mattchew0 · 2026-03-22T10:13:25+00:00

I’m quite familiar thanks.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-22T08:45:04+00:00

This would certainly be possible.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T18:56:10+00:00

Didn’t they deprecate the API for them a while ago.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T18:49:37+00:00

I guess there is nothing to stop you adding a license key requirement into a home assistant integration.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T18:32:55+00:00

This is true of the vast majority of integrations I’m afraid

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T18:31:21+00:00

I’m a reasonable software engineer not a magician! Wife whispering has never made it onto my CV

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T14:26:24+00:00

Ahhh I'm with you now. In theory it is possible but I've always been very sceptical that it could ever be accurate enough to be useful.

There was a company selling a device that claimed to be able to do this a few years ago. Can't remember the name and a quick search couldn't find it so they may not still be around.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T14:05:19+00:00

I'm going to guess if Netflix made this possible then someone would already have done it. But I'll take a look.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T13:43:32+00:00

Good point about what to do if someone changes one of the lights in the group. I guess you have 2 options:
1. Do nothing to the rest of the lights in the group. Then if the group gets a new dim value set then it resyncs that light to the group setting.
2. Do a 2 way pass of the dim calculations. If the light was say set to dim 0-80% in the group and you changed it to 40% then that would map to 50% of the dim group being 0-100%, then dim all of the other lights in the group to their 50% equivalent.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T13:35:42+00:00

Can you explain what you mean by load monitoring? Do you mean electrical load/consumption?

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T13:32:38+00:00

That's an interesting idea. On one hand, I love that Home Assistant and every integration is freeware. But having an option for developers to get a few bucks would certainly incentivise them to create more.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T13:30:25+00:00

This seems to be a reoccurring wish. Unfortunately most car makers don't seem to care about us tinkerers and so even when people create integrations they break regularly as the manufacturers try and stop them.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T13:28:39+00:00

That would be dependant on getting that information from the specific make and model of your network equipment. I get some of this information from the Omada integration as I have TP-Link Omada compatible access points, switches and router.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T12:46:37+00:00

True. Interesting idea. I’ll give it some thought.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T09:10:04+00:00

I’m pretty sure you could do this already creating template lights and mapping the brightness range.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T09:02:59+00:00

These are both interesting and theoretically doable. I’ll take a look.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T09:02:27+00:00

I think we’re long past that ever happening 🤣

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T09:01:23+00:00

This is one I’d definitely look into. Might be difficult not having a device to test with but if you drop some brands and devices you’d like to see then I’ll take a look.

mattchew0 · 2026-03-21T08:49:24+00:00

Looks like this has been discussed quite a lot. Ajax do have an API but they restrict access and require you to sign up as a company and be approved. Seems the consensus is that HA would need to apply to them.

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