Blynk like Apple HomeKit?

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Hi Blynkers ,

Could Blynk use Siri, in the case of Apple devices, to control our widgets with voice commands like Apple HomeKit? It would be great.

Thank you.

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@Pedrinbeep

someday in future - for sure.

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Siri has no open API, so it seems to be impossible for now. However there might be other 3rd party voice services that we might use in future.

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@Pavel

it is possible. Siri not necessary in that case.

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And how could it work with third-party applications? The voice command system would be implemented in Blynk app? If Siri would be used … Would it work on devices with a jailbreak tweak? Is only an extravagant idea.

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@Pedrinbeep

Voice recognition and Siri it’s total different things. Siri is voice recognition + wolfram search + text voice for search results.
While for what you want we need only voice recognition and there are a lo libraries for that. No jailbreak required.

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Homebridge plugin for the Blynk platform:
Homebridge-blynk

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Have been using homebridge with Blynk for a couple of days now, the only issue I have is that sensor data does not refresh automatically. I have to either close the Home app on the iOS device or ask siri. Both of these actions poll the Blynk server for updated data. Is there a way to poll automatically with a certain preset interval? For example, temperature can be polled every second and updated in Homekit on iOS… any ideas?

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@kdubovenko This topic is over two years old, and you already have a topic of your own on this subject… Please stick within your topic (as far as posting questions about it), thanks.