Howie 2
Sense
Think
Respond
Shortcuts
— alarm
— doors & locks
Conversations
What I know
These are things you've taught me or I've noticed. You can correct or forget any of them. I won't act on them on my own.
What Howie remembers
Howie's own operational notes — things he's observed, been told, or inferred while running the house (infrastructure, device behavior, troubleshooting, config). Not personal data. You can forget any of them.
Scenes
Run a scene
Automated (also run on a schedule)
Settings
About
Howie —
AI
AI control
Howie answers & acts. Off = house runs on scenes/apps only.
Let Howie run systems ops
Ring credential
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Pause all Ring calls
On = Howie makes no Ring requests at all.
Signs in to Ring and mints a token that belongs to Howie alone.
Your password is used once and never stored.
Sense Pathways
Reads from hubs/sensors/web. Off = Howie can't sense anything.
Respond Pathways
Writes/commands to devices. Off = nothing reaches a device.
Manage access
Add a person
One-time link for — works once, on one device:
People with access
Cameras
Picks up cameras the NVR has gained and refreshes their names. Cameras are never removed by this, and it does not touch the stream gateway or live view.
Cameras
Notifications
Push to this device
Get Howie's alerts here, even when the app is closed.
On iPhone/iPad, first add Howie to your Home Screen (Share → Add to Home Screen), then open it from there to enable notifications.
What to notify me about
Pick which doors, sliders & windows alert you when they open or close.
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Pick which cameras alert you when they detect a person, vehicle or animal. These break through quiet hours.
Include plain motion
Also alert on generic motion, not just person / vehicle / animal (noisier).
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Get alerted when the garage opens or closes — plus a heads-up if it's left open too long. These break through quiet hours.
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Alerts from the Tempest station — nearby lightning (breaks through quiet hours), freeze warnings, and high wind.
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Get a heads-up when Cookie (the dishwasher) starts a cycle and when it finishes.
Cycle start & finish
Alerts when the dishwasher begins and completes a wash.
Pick which glass-break sensors alert you when they trigger.
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Pick which leak/flood sensors alert you when water is detected. These break through quiet hours.
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Quiet hours
No non-urgent pushes during this window. Security alerts still come through.
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Home status
Voice
Voice Communicator
Show the communicator icon; speak to Howie and hear replies. Off = text only.
Pick which voice Howie speaks with in Voice mode.
The underlying model has 904 unlabeled speaker voices. Step through by number, tap Test to hear one, and Save it as a favorite (with your own name) if you like it.
Recordings
SMTWTFS
recordings
stills only
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00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00
Low batteries
Across all systems. 🛡️ = a security/safety device — replace these first.
Daily report
Open issues
Latest report
Report settings
Shortcuts
Doors & locks
Cameras
Device Settings
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Weather
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Local readings from your Tempest station(s) · updates live
Sweeping Beauty
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Tap rooms to select for cleaning · long-press to rename
Sprinklers
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Run for
Rain delay
Dishwasher — Cookie
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Rover
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Speed
Rover captures
Capture
Live
Bed
Presets
0
Head
0
Foot
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