Eve Room – Apps
Elgato has released a good app to support its Eve line of HomeKit products. If you have an older iOS device, it will be the HomeKit Front end for your devices. If you are using a newer iOS device, there is a newer Eve app available.
The idea behind the new Home app released by Apple a few months back was to bring all of the
HomeKit devices into one app. The Home app, is a great summary tool. You can select favorites to show on the start screen and easily turn accessories on and off.
Eve Room appears as a sensor. In the Home app, it will only display the current readings. You can see the current air quality, temperature and humidity. There is no way to interact with the Eve Room. When I wanted to see the past data or trends, I needed to use the Eve app.
I also found as I used the Eve Room that I needed to use the Eve app to setup timers and rules for the Eve Room to interact with other HomeKit Accessories.
I was looking for a way to trigger a message or alert when the air quality of the living room reached fair, or worse. In looking through the Home app, I was not able to setup an automation using the Eve Room sensors.
When Selecting a new automation the selection for ” A Sensor Detects Something” was always grayed out and not able to be selected. I would think that Elgato will want to correct this behavior. Especially if they want their customers to take full advantage of the Eve Room and HomeKit features.
