Starling Home Hub for Android

Easy and simple. It just works. I now have all my Nest cameras and smoke/carbon Nest protect detectors in HomeKit. Even better, I’m able to use the smoke/carbon detectors movement sensors to for example turn lights on and off in home kit automations.

Brings my Nest Thermostats, all my Nest Cameras and newer Google Home app nest cameras and doorbell right into HomeKit. Shows notifications on my AppleTV. I can ask Siri to show me any camera feed right on Google TV. Integrates seamlessly and amazingly- props to the Starling team for creating a no-brainer integration that Google should enable by default.

I’ve got a fairly complicated HomeKit setup and for reasons that anyone else maintaining a dual HomeKit/Nest environment understands, I’d be loath to try and replace my Nest devices with native HK gear, where even realistically possible, Google ownership notwithstanding. I’ve used HomeBridge, Home Assistant and numerous custom hacks over the years to tie everything together, with all the hair pulling that sometimes entails. My Starling hub is the one device which has literally *never* failed to work as advertised. In a changing world of HK improvements and slow Nest devolution (thx, Google), Starling firmware updates and feature improvements have been frequent and timely, so much so that I’ve literally bought several new Nest products long after committing to HomeKit. My only consistent ask would’ve been a native app for configuration. 🙂 Here it is and it seems to work perfectly. Bravo, Starling LLC. Way to stay on top of your game over the years!

Product works as advertised and installs easily. More importantly, their support structure is excellent.

Solved my problem with having google/nest and Google home. Easy to set up and well worth the money.