![]() ![]() To better compete with Amazon, and Google's similar device called " Google Home," Apple has also opened up Siri to outside developers, enabling voice recognition and control of smart home products that work with the Apple Home ecosystem.Ĭonnecting to consumers Cupertino is thus gathering strength to become more than just a comprehensive resource for consumers who have stuck it through as smart home early-adopters. From the platform users simply set up “scenes” that consist of different configurations of the home environment, and can switch between them easily. If a smart appliance says, "Works With Apple HomeKit," users should be able to connect it to the new app, and easily check it while at home or away. With the release of the Home app, Apple comes closer to remedying many of these issues. This can't happen if every device operates in isolation and can't interface with its peers. Fluid, harmonious functionality is dependent upon multiple pieces of hardware working in tandem to make life easier. But the wow factor lessens considerably when you have to learn a new interface and control scheme for each and every device. Cracking the competition Thermostats that automatically regulate temperatures, door locks that you can operate remotely, and similar wonders of an “automatic” home offer endless opportunities for convenience. There are many barriers preventing mass-market smart home tech adoption, but the “ technological fragmentation of the smarthome ecosystem ” remains the largest obstacle between the early-adopter phase and the mass-market phase, in which manufacturers are capable of proving a need for their devices. The home automation market, however, has proven to be a much different story. The company remains the world's largest seller of smartphone devices. And indeed, Apple has also managed to corner the global smartphone market with it’s simple, stylish interface for uncomplicated - not to mention irresistible - usability. It was the first generation iPod that truly drove digital media players towards ubiquity. At that time, Apple, far from achieving any unity or simplicity in the smart-home space, merely added its presence to the already crowded market.Īpple has long been at the helm of the world’s technological progress. However, a few key problems with Apple's approach remained: The user still had to control each product via individual, third-party apps, and at launch, only a few manufacturers supported HomeKit. Apple's arrival in home automation When Apple debuted its HomeKit architecture in 2014, it seemed as though the tech behemoth was finally going to “lay down the law”and drive the adoption of uniform standards for mass consumption. HomeKit-compatible products can now also be controlled through iOS 10's new interactive notifications. Now built into the iOS Control Center, there is support for new types of devices, including home security cameras, doorbells and air conditioning units. ![]() In the words of Apple, i t is a "robust framework" and a "common protocol" that finally allows all HomeKit-enabled products to work seamlessly with iOS running on an iPhone or iPad. With the new Home app “baked in," iOS 10 confirms this platform is - by company standards - finally ready for primetime, after over two years of patient waiting and promises from Cupertino.įor developers and manufacturers, the Home app may seem to be a revelation. The arrival of iOS 10 officially introduced Apple’s hotly-anticipated HomeKit platform app, with an aim to uncomplicate home automation once and for all. ![]()
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