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iDevices Connected App Gets Support for Location Triggers, Enhanced Scheduling, More

Posted February 24, 2017 at 7:47pm by iClarified · 10512 views
iDevices has released an update for its Connected app that brings numerous new features including location triggers, enhanced scheduling, expanded personalization, and more.

Create and customize your smart home with iDevices products and the iDevices Connected app. Control, schedule and monitor your home from one central dashboard. With the iDevices Connected app, there’s no need for multiple apps or hubs. Stay connected to your home from anywhere using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

Compatible Products:
iDevices Switch
iDevices Outdoor Switch
iDevices Socket
iDevices Thermostat
• iDevices Wall Outlet
• iDevices Wall Switch
• All other HomeKit-Enabled products



What's New In This Version:
App includes new software downloads for all iDevices products to enhance your experience.
•Improved voice response for services like Siri and Alexa
•Improved responsiveness of iDevices remote access
•Bug fixes to address stability of iDevice products on some Wi-Fi networks
•Faster display of iDevices products within the Apple Home app

Dynamic Automation
•Location Triggers - Activate scenes automatically when arriving or leaving a location. (Requires Apple TV 4th Gen.)
•Characteristic Triggers - Activate scenes automatically when you control another product.
•Enhanced Scenes - Make your scenes more powerful with newly added services and characteristics.

Enhanced Scheduling
•Visual Schedule Timeline - Schedules are now displayed in a linear timeline allowing you to quickly see the schedules in your smart home in a similar way to a calendar.
•iDevices Quick Product Schedules - Quickly schedule an individual iDevices product on a single screen, removing the need to create a scene. (For iDevices products only)
•Reusable Schedules - Save schedules and apply them to multiple scenes.
•Initial Thermostat Schedule Setup - New thermostat setup process walks you through setting up your base schedules by asking questions about your day.

Expanded Personalization
•Product and Room Reordering - Customize the order of your room display, placing most frequently used products and rooms at the forefront.
•New Product View - New product view adds product specific animations, enhanced energy reporting, and a filtered visual schedule view.
•Assisted First Time Setup - New initial setup process walks you through getting your app set up for HomeKit.

Improved Energy Reporting
•Home Energy Report - Compare the percentage of energy used for a single iDevices product, versus total energy used from all of your iDevices Products.
•Visual Energy Reporting - View a graph of all iDevices products and their total average energy cost over a specific timeframe.

Additional bug fixes and UI improvements.

You can download iDevices Connected from the App Store for free.

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