Connecting Meross devices which are homekit-enabled

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Hello everyone,

I have a few Meross devices which are HomeKit compatible / enabled and work via Wifi.

I see two ways of getting them in Homey Pro:

  • via the Homey Meross app (from the store). As far as I understand, it works using the non-local API. If correct, this would mean non-local, possibly slow, etc.
  • I also managed to connect them directly using the HomeKit Controller Homey app from the store (the app uses HomeKit protocol to talk directly to the devices over tcp/ip locally). This sounds better, but that means that the devices are “generic” inside Homey and might not support all capabilities that Meross exposes through their API

Any thoughts or suggestions?

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Have you searched in the App Store ?

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I literally described two apps from the App Store…

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HI there. Complete newbie here… 2 days in. There seem to be more than one “HomeKit” app developed by community but which one do you use? I too have some HomeKit enabled Meross plugs too add. thanks

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I’ve seen many positive responses regarding the HomeKitty app

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If you want to add devices to Homey that support HomeKit over WiFi, you need to use the HomeKit Controller app.

Other apps (like HomeKitty, HomeyKit and the built-in HomeKit experiment) are meant for exposing Homey devices to HomeKit, so the other way around.

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Ahhhhhh got you… thanks for explaining. Really appreciate it