We've had an Apple HomePod for a few years now, which we bought for playing music to replace the Sonos and we are really happy with it.
Now we are starting to think about using it as a smart hub and use Siri to turn on TV/lights, etc. However, after doing some research all the smart plugs I look at are only suitable for Google or Amazon. The only one I can find is the Eve Energy smart plug at JB Hi-Fi but that is $85 which is a bit high for how we want to use it.
I'm thinking that it might be cheaper in the long run to buy a Google Mini and a $20 smart plug?
Open to any suggestions!!
HomeKit is such a farce at the moment.
Apples ecosystem is so locked down that companies just gave up trying to work with Siri.
Ring was planning on working with Apple and then just gave up. (Amazon then bought them so that happened too)
TP Link are on record saying until Apple opens up their HomeKit system to more developers and makes it easy to integrate they won’t bother developing for the platform.