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Smart home
Run lights, locks, scenes, and accessories from any room.
- Ask Siri if your door is lockedCheck the status of a smart lock by voice so you don't have to get up or go back inside.
- Change a light's color with SiriSet smart bulbs to a specific color or warmth by voice, for any room or the whole house.
- Close the blinds with SiriOpen, close, or set smart blinds and shades to a level by voice.
- How to lock your front door with SiriLock a HomeKit-compatible smart lock by voice, from any Apple device.
- How to turn off all your lights with SiriSwitch off every HomeKit light at once, or limit it to a single room, with one command.
- Open the garage door with SiriOpen or close a HomeKit garage door by voice, with a built-in safety confirmation.
- Run a Home scene with SiriTrigger a whole set of smart-home actions at once — like "Good Morning" — with a single phrase.
- Send an Intercom message with SiriBroadcast a quick voice message to every HomePod and device in your home.
- Set your thermostat with SiriAdjust a HomeKit thermostat by voice, name a room when you have more than one, or ask the current temperature.
- Show a security camera on Apple TV with SiriPull up a HomeKit camera's live feed on the big screen by voice through Apple TV.
- Start a robot vacuum with SiriBegin, pause, or send a HomeKit robot vacuum home by voice.
- Turn on a fan with SiriSwitch a smart fan on or off by voice, and set its speed where supported.
- Turn on the lights in one room with SiriControl lights room by room through HomePod by naming the room, and dim or switch whole zones at once.