HomeKit Weekly: Flic brings physical button control to your Matter environment
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Key Points:
- Physical buttons remain essential in smart homes for quick, intuitive control, especially when voice commands or smartphone apps are inconvenient, such as when leaving the house or hosting guests.
- The Flic Hub LR is the recommended bridge for integrating Flic buttons with Apple HomeKit, offering long-range Bluetooth 5.1 LE connectivity, support for up to 63 buttons, and compatibility with 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi bands.
- The new Flic Duo features dual buttons with "modal" behavior—functioning as a wall-mounted switch or a handheld remote with gesture controls like swiping and tilting, though HomeKit currently only supports basic button presses.
- A standout feature of the Flic Duo is its built
