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tight stirrup Dec 21, 2024, 7:57 PM

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Hi everyone ! I’m new to home assistant recently got my raspberry pi and was able to control a tuya device local (yay!).

Although I was able to control it via HomeKit using HomeKit bridge but my iPhone had to be connected to same WiFi or network so it could work.

Is there a way I can control home assistant via home kit through Internet ? I’m sure there are multiple ways to control home assistant via Internet, but can I control my devices connected to home assistant using HomeKit via Internet ?
Thanks !

twilit axle Dec 22, 2024, 5:56 AM

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You need a HomePod or something to do that.

pastel relic Dec 22, 2024, 5:19 PM

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That or an AppleTV

tight stirrup Dec 24, 2024, 3:28 PM

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Hi everyone, thanks for the suggestion , it literally works seamless after connect your HomePod to same user as your home app

boreal vault Jan 28, 2025, 12:56 PM

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not a homekit user, but wouldn't a vpn work? just intrigued

twilit axle Jan 28, 2025, 2:45 PM

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No. At least not easily. MDNS doesn’t typically work over VPNs.

fickle agate Jan 28, 2025, 9:08 PM

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boreal vault not a homekit user, but wouldn't a vpn work? just intrigued

Yes, VPN works as long as you have an HAOS server on-prem. I am in the process of setting up HA over VPN for my church. I was even able to add a bunch of Matter devices remotely that were already paired with Homekit.

twilit axle Jan 29, 2025, 1:37 AM

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For me (and from what I can tell from research), it typically won’t. At least not for what I’m interpreting this as. Phone > VPN > HA HomeKit Bridge > device. This is because most routers put VPN devices on a different subnet and don’t forward mDNS packets, which are required for Bonjour, used by the phone to talk to your HomeKit bridge.

boreal vault Jan 29, 2025, 7:30 AM

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If you use wire guard on opnsense, then you could use home assistant HomeKit over the vpn, is what I’m hearing

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Because on opnsense you could have the vpn on the same subnet I’m pretty sure

fickle agate Jan 29, 2025, 9:43 PM

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twilit axle For me (and from what I can tell from research), it typically won’t. At least no...

It works for me just fine, at least using the web browser. I paired 16 Matter switches / outlets sitting on my couch the the other night. They were already setup in Apple Home I put them in pairing mode in Apple Home and was able to pair them to HA. The HA server is what is discovering them, not my companion device.

twilit axle Jan 29, 2025, 10:53 PM

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You’re doing something different. Phone > VPN > HA > HomeKit > Device.

That doesn’t leverage the Apple Home app or Bonjour at all.

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At least from the phone, over the VPN. It does from HA to the device.

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