Apple’s relaunch of its HomePod smart speaker includes not just upgraded acoustics but a new feature: support for Matter, which Apple…
Tag: Smart Home
New HomePod breathes new life into Apple’s smart home aspirations
HomePod (2nd generation) offers convenient new ways to manage everyday tasks and control the smart home. Users can now create…
Apple preps smart display, new Apple TV hardware in smart home push
Apple is working on a slate of devices aimed at challenging Amazon and Google in the smart home market, including new displays and…
What’s new in HomeKit in iOS 16
HomeKit is set to receive quite a few updates this fall with iOS 16. Here’s everything new coming to Apple’s smart home platform…
Apple-backed Matter smart home standard delayed until fall 2022
Matter, the new smart home interoperability standard being developed by Google, Apple, Amazon, Samsung, and others, has again been…
Apple-backed ‘Matter’ smart home standard delayed until 2022
The final specification of Matter, the smart home interoperability protocol backed by Apple, Google, and Amazon, has been delayed. Matter…
Apple, Google, Amazon smart home alliance is called Matter
Matter, an industry alliance sponsored by Apple, Google, Amazon and other tech companies will begin certifying smart home devices…
Apple’s HomePod mini has a secret sensor for smart home thermostats, other devices
Apple’s well-received HomePod mini smart speaker has a secret: a sensor that measures temperature and humidity that could be used to…
Using Eve motion sensors to automate your HomeKit smart home
As you see the HomeKit logo, you know that you’ll be able to control a smart home device from Apple’s Home app and from Siri using your…
Top tip for upgrading to gigabit broadband with smart home kit
Upgrading broadband isn’t something any of us do often, but when I found that gigabit broadband had finally reached my building, I found it impossible…
2020’s best Apple HomeKit devices
Which smart home devices work best with Apple’s HomeKit? Apple’s Home app will control them all in a single app and Siri will control your lights…
How IKEA’s smart blinds work with HomeKit on iOS and through Siri
After months of waiting, Ikea has now started rolling out HomeKit support for its FYRTUR and KADRILJ smart blinds…
Apple open-sources portions of their HomeKit Accessory Development Kit
Apple is open-sourcing portions of its HomeKit Accessory Development Kit (ADK) in a move to accelerate development…
Apple, Google and Amazon decide to ‘play nice’ over smart home tech
The highly competitive tech giants Apple, Google and Amazon have announced they are teaming up in an effort to make smart…
Amazon, Apple, Google, Zigbee Alliance join forces to develop open standard for smart home devices
Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance today announced a new working group that plans to develop and promote the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard…
Ikea’s Tradfri line is a good, low-priced entry point into Apple’s HomeKit ecosystem
Ikea could be how Apple finally gets its system into the mainstream…
63% of people find smart home devices ‘creepy’
Smart home devices are ‘creepy’ according to the majority of people who own them…
New details emerge about Apple’s Lighthouse deal
In March, Apple acquired the patents of Lighthouse, the maker of a security camera powered by artificial intelligence…
No, Apple’s HomePod is not a ‘flop’
The utter flop of the HomePod, the ‘smart’ speaker that was supposed to be…
Apple acquires smart home security startup Lighthouse AI’s patent portfolio
Apple has recently acquired a handful of patents from Lighthouse AI…
Apple purges ‘Doorbell’ category from HomeKit accessories page
Apple has quietly removed the entire ‘Doorbell’ category from its roster of current and future HomeKit accessories…
Apple is struggling to stop a ‘skeleton key’ hack on home Wi-Fi
Even with all Apple’s expertise and investment in cybersecurity, there are some security problems that are so intractable…
Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100
Amazon completed its acquisition of smart-home security company Ring this morning…
Apple needs more than HomePod to play in smart home
When Apple announced in 2014 that it was creating the HomeKit for iOS devices…
How Apple’s HomeKit broke my digital heart
When Apple first announced HomeKit in 2014 I hoped it would be the unifying platform…
Why Amazon can crush Apple in the smart home market or something
On Tuesday after the close, it was announced that Amazon.com, Inc. will buy Ring…
Amazon to acquire Ring video doorbell maker
Amazon has reportedly agreed to acquire smart home company Ring for more than $1 billion…
Apple acquires BellSouth patent regarding home device automation and smart interaction
The patent covers a smart home environment being controlled by a single handheld device that learns new functions over time…
Apple TV continues to evolve as a smart home hub
Apple sold more than $1 billion Apple TVs in 2013…
Latest Apple TV update enables remote access relay for HomeKit connected accessories
Apple has much hidden up their collective sleeve…
Apple TV gets HomeKit support, now armed and ready to be the hub for the smart home
Apple is getting close to rolling out its smart home plans in a big way…
If Apple releases its own smart home hardware, think connected speakers and TVs
It’s always been a question of when — and not if…
Apple working on ‘mainstream’ smart home hardware, sources say
With iPhones in pockets, Macs on desks, iPads in bags, and iWatches…
Apple ushers in the smart home: Philips demos iOS 8 widget to control Hue lightbulbs
Apple has opened the doors to a world of possibilities…
Apple to channel George Jetson with smart-home system play
Investors who have been keeping the faith that Apple will deliver the ‘next big thing’ may soon be rewarded…
Apple seeks to work Jobs magic on the Internet of Things
Mr Jobs was unrivalled in his ability to persuade an audience…
Apple patent application shines more light on their home automation controller
The USPTO published a patent application from Apple that reveals…
How Apple could create the smart home for the rest of us
Your home is your largest gadget…
How Apple annihilates Android and crushes the stock market in 2015
Apple has finally regained its rightful place as the market’s go-to stock…
How Apple will use the iPhone to crush Google and Samsung
Apple received a patent that would allow the iPhone to essentially…
Apple readying new software platform for the ‘Smart Home’ to be unveiled at WWDC sources say
Jetsons-style home automation is the next frontier in technology…
