Works with ZoxoHome
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ZoxoHome works with anything already in your Apple Home. If the box says “Works with Apple Home” or has the Matter logo, it adds straight to the Home app, and ZoxoHome can use it in a rule. Some popular devices can’t go into Home by themselves; the free ZoxoHome Helper brings those in. Here’s what we’d pick for each job.
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- A home hub
- Smart plugs
- Lights
- Motion and door sensors
- Buttons and remotes
- Locks
- Heating, cooling and air
- Water and leaks
- Cameras and doorbells
- Garage doors
- Sprinklers
- Alarms
A home hub
ZoxoHome saves your rules to the home hub, which runs them while your iPhone is away or off. You need one Apple TV or HomePod at home.
When the last person leaves, turn off the downstairs lights.
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Apple TV 4K
The best hub. The Ethernet model also runs Thread devices, and ZoxoHome’s TV app shows your rooms and cameras on the TV.
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HomePod mini
The cheapest hub, and it runs Thread devices too.
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HomePod (2nd generation)
The bigger speaker, with Thread and a temperature and humidity sensor that rules can use.
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Smart plugs
The easiest start: plug in a lamp, a fan or a coffee maker and switch it from a rule.
At sunset, turn on the window lamp, and put it back after 4 hours.
5 picks, best first. Slide for more →
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Eve Energy
Matter over Thread, shows how much power it uses, and needs no account.
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TP-Link Kasa Smart Plug Mini KP125M
Matter over Wi-Fi, cheap in packs, and shows power use in the Kasa app.
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TP-Link Kasa Smart Plug Slim EP25
Wi-Fi plug that adds straight to Home, and also shows how much power it uses.
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Meross Smart Plug Mini MSS115
Small enough to leave the other outlet free. On and off only, no power readings.
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Onvis Smart Plug S4
The cheapest plug on Thread, and each one strengthens the Thread network.
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Lights
Bulbs and strips you can dim and colour from a rule. Matter bulbs on Thread need a home hub with Thread; Wi-Fi ones need only your router.
When the hall sensor sees motion after sunset, turn on the hall light, and put it back after 10 minutes.
8 picks, best first. Slide for more →
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Philips Hue bulbs and Hue Bridge
The most bulbs, strips and lamps to choose from. The bridge adds them to Home; with the helper, rules can also fade them slowly.
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Philips Hue Essential A19
The cheapest way into Hue, with no bridge: it adds to Home with its Matter code. Add a Hue Bridge later for Adaptive Lighting.
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Aqara LED Bulb T2
Bright colour bulb, 1100 lumens, that keeps Adaptive Lighting in Home without any bridge.
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TP-Link Tapo L535E
Bright colour bulbs on Wi-Fi, sold in packs, so nothing else to buy.
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LIFX SuperColor A19
The richest colours and the warmest evening light here, on Wi-Fi.
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Philips Hue White Ambiance A19
White light only, from candle-warm to daylight, and it dims almost to nothing.
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WiZ Full Color A19
The cheapest Matter colour bulb, from the company behind Hue.
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Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb MSL120
A cheaper colour bulb on Wi-Fi that adds straight to Home, with no bridge. Get the one that says Apple Home on the box.
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Motion and door sensors
Sensors are what make a home react on its own: a light when you walk in, a warning when a door is left open.
When the back door opens while nobody is home, turn on the kitchen lights.
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Eve Motion
Motion and light level, on batteries, on Thread.
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Aqara Presence Multi-Sensor FP300
Knows someone is still in the room even when they sit still, so the lights stay on while you read.
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Eve Door & Window
Says when a door or window opens or closes, on Thread.
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Aqara Door and Window Sensor P2
A smaller, cheaper door sensor on Thread, with no Aqara hub needed.
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Aqara Motion and Light Sensor P2
A cheaper motion sensor on Thread, with light level too.
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Philips Hue motion sensor
Motion, light level and temperature, through the Hue Bridge.
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Buttons and remotes
A button by the bed or the door runs any rule, with a different one for a double or long press.
When the bedside button is pressed twice, turn off the downstairs lights.
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Philips Hue dimmer switch
Through the Hue Bridge, its buttons show up in Home, ready for a rule.
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Lutron Caseta Pico remote and Smart Bridge
Pico remotes and Caseta dimmers through Lutron’s Smart Bridge.
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IKEA BILRESA remote
A few dollars for two buttons on Thread, with no bridge. Sold at IKEA, not Amazon.
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Philips Hue Tap Dial switch
Four buttons on a wall plate or in your hand, through the Hue Bridge.
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Locks
Locks in Home can lock themselves at night or show at a glance which door is open.
At 11:00 PM, lock the front door.
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Schlage Encode Plus
Deadbolt with a keypad, and Home Key: hold your iPhone or Apple Watch to it to open.
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Level Lock+
Hidden inside the door, so it looks like an ordinary deadbolt, with Home Key. Tried in our own home.
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Aqara Smart Lock U200
Fits over the deadbolt you already have, so the outside doesn't change, with Home Key.
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Aqara Smart Lock U100
Deadbolt with a fingerprint reader and a keypad, and Home Key too.
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Heating, cooling and air
Thermostats, fans and humidifiers that follow the temperature or who’s home.
When the bedroom temperature goes above 78 °F, turn on the bedroom fan.
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ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium
Comes with a room sensor, and each sensor’s temperature and occupancy can start a rule.
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Google Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen)
A learning thermostat that adds to Home over Matter. Tried in our own home.
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Aqara Climate Sensor W100
Temperature and humidity on a small screen, for a room the thermostat can't see.
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Levoit humidifiers
Levoit’s Wi-Fi humidifiers, through the helper with your VeSync sign-in.
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Water and leaks
A leak sensor that can shut the water off saves more than any other gadget here.
When the leak sensor finds water, close the main water valve.
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Eve Water Guard
A leak sensor with a long sensing cable, for under a sink or behind a washer.
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Aqara Water Leak Sensor T1
Small and cheap, to put one by every sink. Needs an Aqara hub.
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Moen Flo Smart Water Shutoff
Shuts off the water to the whole house. The helper adds the valve and Moen’s leak detectors to Home.
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Cameras and doorbells
See who’s there in ZoxoHome and the Home app, and let a ring or motion start a rule.
When the doorbell rings after sunset, turn on the porch light, and put it back after 5 minutes.
6 picks, best first. Slide for more →
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Aqara Doorbell Camera Hub G410
Doorbell with a chime, for HomeKit Secure Video: recordings are kept in your iCloud (needs iCloud+).
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Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro
Outdoor camera with colour night vision, for HomeKit Secure Video.
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Eve Outdoor Cam
Replaces a porch light with a floodlight camera, for HomeKit Secure Video, with no Eve account.
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Eve Cam
Indoor camera for HomeKit Secure Video: recordings are kept in your iCloud (needs iCloud+).
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Ring cameras and doorbells
Live view, rings, motion and recordings in Home, through the helper with your Ring sign-in.
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Reolink cameras
Set up straight from the box, without the Reolink app. The helper reaches them over your home network only.
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Garage doors
Close the garage behind you, or get a light on when it opens.
When I leave home, close the garage door.
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Meross Smart Garage Door Opener MSG100HK
Adds your existing opener to Home, and fits most brands.
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Meross Smart Garage Door Opener MSG150HK
The one for Chamberlain, LiftMaster and Craftsman openers, with no adapter.
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Meross Smart Garage Door Opener MSG200HK
One box for up to three garage doors.
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iSmartgate LITE
For a garage door or a driveway gate.
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Sprinklers
Water the lawn on a schedule that knows the days of the week.
At sunrise on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, turn on the lawn zone, and put it back after 15 minutes.
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Rain Bird LNK WiFi module
Plugs into a Rain Bird controller. Each zone shows up in Home as a valve, and the helper can fit the schedule to the weather.
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Eve Aqua
A timer for a garden hose tap.
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Alarms
Let arming the alarm turn the house off, or a tripped sensor turn every light on.
When the alarm is armed away, turn off the downstairs lights.
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abode iota
An alarm that adds straight to Home, with its sensors, no helper needed.
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Ring Alarm
The alarm and its sensors in Home, through the helper with your Ring sign-in.
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SimpliSafe
New in the helper: alarms, sensors and locks, not yet tried on a real system, so no link until it has been.
Not on the list?
Anything with “Works with Apple Home” or the Matter logo works, whoever makes it. Matter devices that run on Thread need a home hub that speaks Thread: an Apple TV 4K with Ethernet, a HomePod mini or a HomePod (2nd generation). The helper also has newer bridges for TVs, plugs, heat pumps, vacuums and more that nobody has tried on a real home yet; the helper’s page lists them. Ask for a device at Support.