Elgato has been making HomeKit-enabled `Eve` Bluetooth accessories for several years now, and the company now boasts an impressive lineup that includes a range of sensors, switches and smart plugs, and motion detectors.
Eve Button, Elgato`s newest product, is a simple little three-gesture switch that`s designed to control all of your other HomeKit products, activating scenes, turning lights on and off, and more.
Design
The Eve Button has a simple, clean design with a silver aluminum shell and a black plastic front plate with a smooth, circular button outline that doesn`t protrude at all.
It`s using the same design introduced in the Eve Degree, so if you already have an Eve Degree, the Eve Button will complement it nicely.
While there is no visible button protrusion, if you press on the button outline in the middle of the accessory, it will depress and activate the Eve Button`s gestures. Pressing at the sides does not cause the front plate to depress, so the pressing motion is limited to the center, which is a clever design.
The back of the Eve Button is where the battery compartment is located, which can be opened with a coin. The Eve Button uses a CR2032 replaceable watch battery that can be purchased from a local store or Amazon.com for just a couple of dollars. You can check battery level in the Home app.
Elgato included four little rubber feet for the Eve Button so you can set it flat on a surface and it won`t slip around, but curiously, there`s no included adhesive strip or mounting option. The Eve Button is the kind of accessory I`d like to be able to attach to the wall near my light switch, but that`s not an option.
With other switches and buttons, like the Hue Tap, there`s an included mounting solution so it can go on the wall or be used anywhere, so this is a bit of a disappointing oversight with the Eve Button. Portability is, of course, the preferred functionality because not everyone is goin ...
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