iOS 18, which was just released Sep 16, 2024 - adds support for robot vacuums in HomeKit. It would be awesome if HA HomeKit bridge could expose vacuum entities through this device type - it gets power control, cleaning mode, vacuum, mop, and charge status. They can also be referenced indirectly with Siri in requests like “clean the floors”, etc.
Yes please! I am honestly a little surprised that this hasn’t already been added while iOS18 was in beta.
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Yes please this would be great if you can! Thanks
I’ve looked into this today but I believe this isn’t currently possible. Homekit doesn’t actually expose a vacuum accessory type. So either Apple hasn’t added it yet or it’s fully done through Matter support.
Doing a quick search it seems that Matter hasn’t been updated yet in the recent iOS update, so I think either 18.2 or 18.3 will contain it later this year.
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