Intercom messaging from an HomeKit automation trigger.

Set a timer on the iPhone, both iPhone and Apple Watch will ring. Set a timer on the Apple Watch, only the watch will ring.

Also all used timers in the past are not synced on both devices.

I hate this so much! Some apps do this even multiple times during startup.

Thank you for telling where to find that setting. I tried to find it intuitively but failed miserably.

You’re current journal app has more features that you want, yet you use the new native Apple one more?

A good start for sure would be to learn to listen and understand, not listen to answer.

No problem, thanks for your reply :)

Is there’s list of only and only those albums I downloaded somewhere?

Thank you for that hint. But it’s not possible or supported on iOS I guess?

Yes, all true and features I know about. But where do I see a list of ONLY those albums I entirely added to my library? The existent album playlist lists all albums of all artists from whom I added maybe one or two songs to my library. So those albums only include those tracks.

Thank you but this is simply selecting an album of an artist that might have struck my mind. What I am seeking is the possibility to scan through a list of my favourite albums and choose one that fits my mood.

This reminds me of my windows laptop asking me for my finger print, while me using two external monitors with a docking station and the laptop shut.

I basically have nearly everything within home assistant showing up in HomeKit and never had issues so far. Home assistant is the player in the background running all the automations while exposing the most important devices to HomeKit (esp. for voice commands with Siri) Only downside using HomeKit as the „UI“: Notifications are very limited.

• Text to speech Intercom as action in Home (not just in shortcuts): „Dear all, the front door has been open for more than 10 minutes“)
• Share iCloud libraries with write privilege to non Apple users
• same for shared folders
• when using an external monitor with an iPad, play sound over iPad (not the connected monitor)
• bullet points within table cells in notes app.
• better Siri

Pro

• new watch face modular ultra. Lots of complications. I love seeing statues without having to interact.
• app overview. Much better in that new vertical layout than one large area.

Cons

• I have the feeling some apps take a second longer to load. But that might be just a feeling or dependant on initial startup.
• the weather app is totally bloated and with an awful usability. No UI indications for horizontal swipe nor tap gesture. Lots of animations and colors. Needs lots of exploration and time to understand. I mean: it’s the weather!

I personally can’t have enough widgets on the screen depicting statuses. I don’t want to interact with the screen to see if I received a new message, check how long the timer is running, what temperature it has out side, water temperature, etc.

The weather app is so bloated! I like the new watch faces. But I really have to get used to using only one.

I am curious, when would you need offline maps? Do you live in an area with bad cell network? Or is your data plan expensive?

Edit: thanks for all your answers. Next time I travel I will download the map of the destination area. Also I added hot spots such as the local stadium and the city center, hoping, that when I take the subway during rush hours maps will work snappier.

Smaller steps. One at a time. Test.

I started off with HA, integrating all my devices i had at once, totally enthusiastic as I was. There were times where I installed several automations and integrations within just a few minutes, not giving them time to work for them selves, especially not in a „productive“ environment with wife, kids, neighbours, etc. all involved in the system.

Lots of automations broke or did not work as expected and I saw my self confronted fixing so many building sites at once.

I am through the roughest part. But should I start from scratch any time I will most surely start I’d small, test, iterate and move on.