Apple and others announced plans to create a new connectivity standard for smart home devices, which they're calling Connected Home over IP. Now Apple is putting its money where its mouth is by open sourcing portions of its HomeKit Accessory Development Kit (ADK).
Earlier this year, Apple, and several other companies, made waves by announcing that AirPlay 2 and HomeKit would be making the leap to smart TVs from the likes of Samsung, Vizio, and Sony.
Abode announced Thursday that its Iota DIY smart security system is finally HomeKit compatible. HomeKit is available as an update to the Iota system, enabling Iota users to control the system using the Apple Home app on the iPhone, and Siri on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and HomePod.
For the perfect atmosphere when arriving home after a long day at work or starting your day with something upbeat, you can set up scenes with HomeKit.
Scenes let you control multiple accessories that you connect in the Home app at one time. You can create scenes based on your leaving, arriving, or a custom setting. Then, the automated scene takes over with the settings you choose.
Here’s how to create scenes with HomeKit on both Mac and iOS.
Apple yesterday released the iOS 13.2 software update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. With it came a new computational photography feature for the latest iPhone 11 devices, dubbed Deep Fusion, in addition to Announce Messages With Siri that was originally supposed to arrive as part of the initial iOS 13.0 update, plus a whole bunch of other important changes.
Apple is playing catchup with Amazon and Google by putting new recruiting efforts into its smart home device plans, according to a new report by Bloomberg. Apple is adding personnel to its smart home software and hardware effort, according to the report.
Smart home technology is more widespread and affordable than ever, and Apple is at the forefront of this revolution with their HomeKit software. Using Apple's Home app users can configure and control their smart home appliances with Siri directly through their iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Haper has released a Smart Lighting series specially designed to work with Apple HomeKit, a perfect illustration of Smart Home technology's ability to make everyday life simpler.
One of the many new elements that Apple announced back at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference is Secure Video for HomeKit, built for home security cameras.
We have known since the beginning of this year that several TV manufacturers were planning to update their smart television sets to support Apple's AirPlay 2 and, in some cases, HomeKit.
Not to be outdone by Korea's LG, which yesterday rolled out AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support for select 2019 OLED and NanoCell 4K TVs, US consumer electronics maker Vizio today released a software update bringing those functions to its own SmartCast TV sets.
LG’s Australian support account confirmed in a tweet that a firmware update for its 2019 Smart TVs brining support for Apple's HomeKit platform for the connected home and AirPlay 2 device-to-device media streaming technology is arriving during the next week.
Apple is showing off a handful of new additions to the Home app and HomeKit in general, offering up more iCloud-backed secure options for the smart house.