Home Remote for iOS News

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:39 am
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Home Remote for iOS News

Home Remote 2.7 for iOS has now been approved by Apple.

This version has digest authentication support for Indigodomo as well as lots of other cool stuff.

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:44 am
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Excellent news, congratulations.

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Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:34 am
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Home Remote 2.8 has been submitted to Apple for iOS, watchOS and tvOS. the Mac version is also receiving an update.

New Features:
• Geofencing - Trigger actions to happen at any location!
• Notification options now work for beacons and locations - great for Apple Watch owners.
• If you have all 4 milight groups selected then they will be controlled as one, rather than 4 separate groups
• Home Remote: Remote now works from Apple Watch notifications for geofence and beacons

Here are a couple of screen shots of the new features:

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The app now has a new icon as Apple said I had to change it due to a similarity with one of theirs.

I will post here when it is released.

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Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:14 pm
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

I have found a bug (Sod's law after the email goes out) that stops Home Remote: Remote functionality from working.

A fix has been submitted to Apple and an expedited review requested.

Sorry for this trouble. I can provide a test flight build that fixes this issue to anyone that requires it.

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Fri Dec 04, 2015 3:22 am
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Home Remote 2.8 is now out for iOS, tvOS and watchOS.

New Features:
• Geofencing - Trigger actions to happen at any location!
• Notification options now work for beacons and locations - great for Apple Watch owners.
• If you have all 4 milight groups selected then they will be controlled as one, rather than 4 separate groups
• Home Remote: Remote now works from Apple Watch notifications for geofence and beacons

Here are a couple of screen shots of the new features:

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Fri Dec 04, 2015 6:53 am
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Very cool, going to try out these things at the weekend :D

Computer says no.

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Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:26 pm
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Home Remote 2.9 is out now for iOS, watchOS, tvOS and OS X

New Features:
• Geofencing - You can now set the range that your actions trigger
• Spotlight support - Trigger your actions from Spotlight
• Native Indigo support - gives status feedback
• WeMo action type - now gives status feedback
• Home Remote: Remote will show status for WeMo and Indigo actions
• Apple Watch app will show status indicators for WeMo and Indigo actions

Bug Fixes:
• Fixed crash when trying to control all four milight groups at once.

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Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:17 pm
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Accessibility in iOS app for blind people

Hey there,

First of all I apologize if this is not the right thread to write this message.

I am a blind person and I use my iPhone using VoiceOver, which is the screen reader developed by Apple.

There are some problems of accessibility in the latest update of the application. I can add actions of Indigo, but I'm not able to execute and it is not possible to access the section of information that appears for each action, or the rest of options.

Could you fix this iswes for future updates?

I remain at your disposal for any clarification.

Sorry for my English, it is not too good.

Thank you

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Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:49 pm
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Hi,

Apologies for this. Accessibility is something I really want to improve in this app as I feel it could genuinely be of use. I will put together a small proposal and run it past you tomorrow if that's ok to see how I can improve accessibility.

Thanks

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Sat Dec 19, 2015 2:29 pm
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Great job on this app! So far I'm only using it for Geofencing, and It's the only app that I've found that has been easy to set up and (so far) perfectly reliable. I've spent several months trying other methods with limited success, and I got this working perfectly within an hour. Direct integration with Indigo makes the difference.

Just one caution about Geofencing for new users: As is mentioned on another thread, leave the "Notifications" option off, because it silently asks for permission to complete the action each time it is triggered.

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Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:07 am
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Does this app use it's own geofencing for triggers, or does it rely on the devices location determined by some other geofencing method and reported to Indigo? IOW, could it be used as the only geofencing app with Indigo. I'm having difficulty finding a reliable solution to determine presence.
TIA
Jim

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Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:08 am
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

It will base a geofence around a location you set from a map with a radius defined by you.

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Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:03 pm
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

Otis wrote:
Great job on this app! So far I'm only using it for Geofencing, and It's the only app that I've found that has been easy to set up and (so far) perfectly reliable. I've spent several months trying other methods with limited success, and I got this working perfectly within an hour. Direct integration with Indigo makes the difference.

Just one caution about Geofencing for new users: As is mentioned on another thread, leave the "Notifications" option off, because it silently asks for permission to complete the action each time it is triggered.


Thank you for this. I missed seeing it anywhere else and it was driving me nuts! I really like this app.

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Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:29 pm
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

No worries. Glad you are enjoying it. In the next update I will explain notification option as well as have documentation.

If you are enjoying the app, then please leave a review as it goes a long way to help sales.

Thanks!

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Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:51 am
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Re: Home Remote for iOS News

This is awesome!

finally something that controls really fast. not into apps etc!

nice work!

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