Get notifications for your smart home accessories

With the Home app, you can check the status of your HomeKit and Matter accessories and get alerts when they detect something, even when you're away.

Check the status of your home

Turn on accessory notifications

Customize accessory notifications

Get started

• Add smart home accessories to the Home app on your iPhone or iPad.

• Update your iPhone or iPad to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. To use the Home app on Mac, update your Mac to the latest version of macOS.

• To get notifications for your HomeKit and Matter accessories when you're not at home, set up a home hub.

Check the status of your home

You can check the status of your HomeKit and Matter accessories in the Home tab of the Home app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

You can also control which accessories are included in the Home tab's status.

1. Open the Home app.

2. Tap or click an accessory, then tap or click the Settings button

3. Select Status and Notifications.

   

4. Turn Include in Home Summaries on or off.

   

Turn on accessory notifications

You can set up notifications for certain HomeKit and Matter accessories,like locks and sensors, to alert you when an accessory detects something. For example, if you have a sensor on a door, you can get a notification when it opens.

If you want to see notifications for your HomeKit and Matter accessories on more than one device, turn on notifications on each device.

1. Open the Home app.

2. Tap or click the More button, then select Home Settings. If you have multiple homes, choose a home, then select Home Settings.

3. Choose a type of accessory, like Doors.

   

4. Select an accessory and turn on Activity Notifications.

Learn more about notifications on your iPhone or iPad.

Customize accessory notifications

You can customize notifications for your HomeKit or Matter accessories to alert you at specific times and based on who's present in your home.

1. Open the Home app.

2. Tap or click an accessory, then tap or click the Settings button.

3. Select Status and Notifications.

   

4. Turn on Activity Notifications, then choose from these options.

   

   • Time: Set a time that you want to get alerts for your accessory.

   • People: Get alerts for the accessory when you or someone arrives or leaves your house. If you choose this option, you need to set up a home hub and make sure that everyone who can control your home has My Location set to their primary iPhone or iPad and Share My Location turned on in Settings > [your name] > Find My.