> Moreover, does any Apple server going down mean you can’t use your lights? Like what happened a few weeks ago with Google, someone I know had their entire house behaving like a poltergeist.
My setup is:
* HomePod as the HomeKit hub
* Hue bridge (no external connection)
I disconnected the network at the modem - the entire house was without an internet connection for the duration.
Neither HomePod Siri nor an iPad Siri was able to control the lights via voice. However the iPad and various Macs were able to control the lights.
The only thing that HomeKit uses the cloud for is the voice recognition of things spoken to Siri.
My setup is:
* HomePod as the HomeKit hub * Hue bridge (no external connection)
I disconnected the network at the modem - the entire house was without an internet connection for the duration.
Neither HomePod Siri nor an iPad Siri was able to control the lights via voice. However the iPad and various Macs were able to control the lights.
The only thing that HomeKit uses the cloud for is the voice recognition of things spoken to Siri.