My other favorite functions of Controller are the logs and the advanced automations. Maybe the shades got more complex automations too. But in summer the garden got a smart irrigation system to water the crops.
During the summer they are not needed, their scenes and automations clutter a setup with unused elements for months. In winter the smart home gets equipped with thermostats and complex automations to ensure warm rooms while saving energy costs.
The backup and restore function is also helpful if you want to create two different environments (summer vs. I know it would take me hours to recreate my Home setup, so I am glad to keep a handy backup with Controller. The best feature of Controller is the option to backup your HomeKit setup. Controller could be named HomeKit+ as it adds a lot of advanced functionality to HomeKit. Controller for HomeKit is an app with a lot of functionality that should be built into the Home app at this point but currently isn’t.
