The Home Remote
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A cross platform app that interacts with all of your #IoT & #SmartHome devices.
St. Louis, MO
Joined February 2015
Your old Android tablets running KitKat 4.4 (if you still have them) are now compatible with the Home Remote. Download the update from the Google Play Store.
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Device discovery issues on iOS 14 have been fixed in the latest 4.2.1 release. Apple has approved our use of the Multicast Networking Entitlement.
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Apple has introduced a change in iOS 14.5 that's breaking device discovery for many of our integrations. They no longer allow multicast messaging without their new Multicast Networking Entitlement. We have applied but are still awaiting approval. @Apple.
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A Boolean value that indicates whether an app can send or receive IP multicast traffic.
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The Home Remote apps are now compatible with Home Assistant @home_assistant .
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Home Assistant is an open source home automation platform. I have mine connecting to and automating most of the smart things in my home. Many times I want to manipulate those things manually, and...
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A lot of you have been asking & it's finally here! The ability to change the background image is now baked into the app itself. Simply go to the Settings page & import any image from your photo library.
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The Alexa (AVS) integration just got a lot more powerful. It now lets you pin shortcuts to the questions & commands you frequently send. Best part of all? These shortcuts can be triggered silently with the simple click of a button, no microphone required.
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The Alexa Voice Service (AVS) was expanded in the 3.15.0 release to support a new feature called “Voice Shortcuts”. With these, you can save commands you ask regularly & execute them with the click...
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Control what's playing on your Chromecast & Google Home products with the new Google Cast integration.
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The Home Remote now supports Google Cast devices in version 3.14.0 Compatible devices include: Google Home Google Home Mini (1st gen) Google Home Max Google Nest Audio Google Nest Mini (2nd gen)...
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Choose which Sonos speakers play your music with the new Group button!.
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You can now create Sonos groups inside the Home Remote! This is handled by a new MediaGroup capability & its GroupCommand attribute. When you write Group to the attribute, it’ll open a popup showing...
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Our @Honeywell_Home integration has been extended to include support for users outside the US. Yes, you can finally link thermostat systems like #evohome!
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The Home Remote Designer has a new Scenes feature! With Scenes, you can build a tile that sends several actions on a single click. They can also run custom automations like opening a camera page when a motion sensor is activated.
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There’s a new Scenes feature in the 3.10.0 release. The same sets of “Actions” that were previously only available to XAML pages can now be created outside of that context in a convenient folder....
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Learn how Idle events can be used to trigger custom sets of actions.
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In a few recent posts I’ve mentioned plans to add Idle events. The day has arrived! There have been some discussions about screensavers & automated closing of pages. None of that was possible without...
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eWeLink & Sonoff devices are now compatible with The Home Remote.
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For the 3.5.0 release we gave the tile templates a bit of a refresh. They will now show you live video, song info, & the level of juice left in your batteries. And we finally gave in, clicking the tile itself & not some corner button will turn devices like lights on & off.
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Thanks Kian Smart Home for featuring us in your latest YouTube video!.
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Your Tuya Smart & Smart Life devices can now be linked to the Home Remote apps.
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And in case you missed it, The Home Remote now has an official Hubitat integration too. @hubitatinc .
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Today’s 3.1.0 release introduces an official Hubitat integration. This integration will connect both locally & through the cloud using the Maker API. If you choose to enable both, it’ll prefer the...
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