Controller 7.1
Advancing Apple Home Automation
Controller for HomeKit Version 7.1 introduces grouped conditions, bringing advanced automation logic to Apple Home with combined AND and OR operators in one workflow.
Benefits of Grouped Conditions
- Greater Flexibility: Combine AND and OR logic in one automation to model real-world scenarios precisely.
- Streamlined Automations: Consolidate complex logic into fewer workflows instead of creating many separate automations.
- Advanced Control: Create more precise behavior so devices respond exactly when needed.
Grouped Conditions in Apple Home
Grouped conditions mark a major step forward in home automation. For the first time, you can combine AND and OR logic in one automation flow and build sophisticated rules that go beyond the limits of standard HomeKit automations.
How Grouped Conditions Work
Traditional HomeKit automations were typically limited to either AND or OR logic. This restricted automations to simpler models where either all conditions must match or just one condition must match.
With Controller for HomeKit 7.1, you can now use both operators together in a single workflow. This enables nuanced conditions and much more adaptable automations.
To help you get started quickly, the free Controller course has been updated with practical guidance around grouped conditions.
Example Scenarios
Security alerts can now require both time-based checks and grouped entry-point conditions, for example: after 9 PM AND any of several windows or doors is open.
Irrigation can combine presence and sensor data, such as no motion in the garden AND one of multiple soil sensors reporting dry conditions before starting sprinklers.