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How to use robotic vacuums with Apple Home & Siri

With iOS 18.4 you can now use robotic vacuum cleaners inside of the Apple Home app and with Siri. It’s still problematic but here’s what you can do so far, and what the benefits are.

Robotic vacuums had been an oft-requested feature for what was previously known as HomeKit for ages, and is now called Apple Home. It’s still a work in progress, chiefly because there are no there are no robotic vacuum cleaners on the market that fully support Apple Home.

There are, however, certain robotic vacuums with limited support that are now readily available.

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