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    Table of Contents

    Home User Guide

    • Welcome
    • Upgrade to the new Home architecture
      • Add rooms
      • Arrange rooms
      • Group rooms
    • Add accessories
      • Overview
      • Cameras
      • Lights
      • HomePod
      • Home screen
      • Scenes
      • Automations
      • Desktop widgets
      • Activity history
    • Clean energy forecast
    • View Electricity Usage and Rates
    • Access away from home
    • Set notifications
    • Share control
    • Configure a router
    • Copyright

    Control Home accessories on Mac

    Accessories you add to Home are grouped in five categories along the top of the Home screen:

    • Climate

    • Lights

    • Security

    • Speakers & TVs

    • Water

    Below the categories, accessories are also listed individually in other sections, such as the rooms you’ve added.

    For an introduction and ideas about using compatible smart home accessories with the Home app, click Discover in the sidebar.

    The Home screen displaying accessory categories along the top, followed by camera feeds, scene tiles and accessory tiles in the room “Entry”.

    Open Home for me

    Control an accessory

    1. Go to the Home app on your Mac.

    2. Click an accessory’s