GoKawiilI’ve been testing a robot vacuum and mop from Matic Robots for several months now. It’s a solid product built on privacy and intelligence. I’ll share more about my overall experience with Matic in the future. For now, I want to quickly highlight an exciting update that rolled out overnight: Apple Home integration.
Matic now works with Apple Home
Matic is hardly the first robot vacuum to work with Apple Home, but it’s the first that I’ve used.
While the best Matic features are still inside the iPhone app, I’m impressed with how many features carry over into the Apple Home app.
I’m also pleased to see what new features Matic gains by integrating with Apple Home and Siri.
I’m someone who still enjoys checking the App Store and reading update change logs. For that reason, I was delighted to see Apple Home and Google Home integration mentioned in the Matic version 1.44 release notes.
After updating the Matic app, a new “Connect to Smart Home App” option appears in the app’s settings. From here, you tap “Enter Pairing Mode” and choose Apple Home or Google Home. You can connect Matic to both, but you must pair one at a time.
The Matic robot vacuum displays a QR code on its screen that you scan from the app, things start to process and connect, then Matic is ready to be named and assigned to a room in the Apple Home app.
You can repeat this process for Google Home. Matic notes in the app that Amazon Alexa is not yet supported.
Siri voice control is a great new feature
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