During today's WWDC keynote at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, Apple announced a plethora of new features and enhancements coming to iOS 13, the next major update to the world's best mobile operating system.
Vizio today launched the new P-Series models, available in two huge sizes, as welll as new mid-range M-series TV sets and the most affordable V-series smart TVs, with AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support to be added soon via software updates.
LG announced at CES in January that its latest lineup of Smart TV sets for 2019 would feature support for Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit technologies. The South Korean company yesterday confirmed that support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit control will be arriving to its new models via a software update scheduled to release around the middle of the year.
Developer Khaos Tian has managed to add his Smart TV to the Home app on the iOS 12.2 beta by hacking Apple's HomeKit protocol. As a result, he's discovered, screenshotted and capture on video some of the upcoming HomeKit features for Smart TV integration and control.
Apple's list of AirPlay 2-enabled TVs has Vizio's SmartCast models from 2017, 2018 and 2019 gaining support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, but now the American TV manufacturer has confirmed that 2016 4K models will be gaining these handy features as well.
Although not official as of yet, Apple's HomeKit software framework for managing smart devices for the connected home apparently includes support for controlling power, volume, input source, brightness and so forth on compatible Smart TV sets.
Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony at CES 2019 yesterday announced new 4K and 8K television sets that feature built-in support for Apple's AirPlay 2 media streaming technology and HomeKit, which is the company's platform for the connected home.
Following official confirmations from Samsung, LG and Vizio that their Smart TV sets will soon integrate support for AirPlay 2, Apple has now confirmed that other leading television manufacturers will bring support for both AirPlay and HomeKit technologies to their products.
Already Samsung and Vizio have confirmed that AirPlay 2 and HomeKit are coming to their Smart TV sets and now LG has become a third major television manufacturer to announce support for these technologies, conveniently ahead of Apple's apparent Hollywood push.
Vizio today announced that select models of its Smart TV sets will soon pick up support for Apple's HomeKit platform for the connected home and the AirPlay 2 media-streaming protocol.
If you’re a fan of the Philips Hue lighting system and also happen to have a jailbroken iPhone, then you might come to appreciate a new jailbreak tweak dubbed HUE2 by iOS developer Antique.
HUE2 is fundamentally a new way to integrate your music-listening experience on iOS with your Philips Hue lighting system. Right out of the box, the tweak colorizes your Philips Hue lights to match the dominant color of the album artwork of any music you might be playing, as depicted above.
Here are the best HomeKit door locks you can purchase. Use these to protect your home, property, and loved ones, regardless of where you are in the world.