{"id":170,"date":"2014-06-04T08:36:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T08:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/felhoszolgaltatas-blog.hu\/en\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2016-05-04T11:39:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:39:41","slug":"get-ready-the-homekit-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/felhoszolgaltatas-blog.hu\/en\/ez-egy-minta-oldal\/get-ready-the-homekit-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready, the HomeKit is coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple announced several improvements at its developer conference WWDC 2014<\/span> on Monday (June 2, 2014) in San Fransisco.\u00a0One of the most interesting is HomeKit that provides a system-level integration to various home automation systems and smart devices, from remote controlled garage doors to the light switches. Apple wants to make the smart home a whole lot smarter.<\/p>\n

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Image source: The Verge<\/p><\/div>\n

With a feature called HomeKit is\u00a0coming in iOS 8<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> iPhones will be able to start controlling smart devices, such as garage door openers, lights, and security cameras. Apple promises developers will be able to integrate Siri voice commands. So you could say something as simple as “Get ready for bed,” which would then trigger multiple actions. That could include closing the garage door, bringing down the lights, locking the front door and turning down the thermostat.<\/p>\n

HomeKit will allow iPhone users to control individual smart home devices right from their phone, and it sounds as though it’ll all happen through Siri, rather than a specific app. Homeowners will be able to put their smart home devices into groups too, so that they’ll also be able to control a series of items at once.<\/p>\n

Number of partners are already lined up to the Apple\u2019s initiative, including August, which is known for its beautiful smart lock, Philips, which makes the Hue connected light bulb, and others including Honeywell, iHome, TI, and about a dozen more.<\/p>\n

This is Apple’s first step into the burgeoning smart home market, and it sounds like an ambitious attempt to make some sense of it. It’s still unclear if Apple’s solution will be perfect for every device out there though. Many smart home products have extremely delicate power requirements that don’t allow them to work over Wi-Fi, for instance, which means that they could be incompatible with the iPhone. To prevent this, Apple will also run a certification program to go along with HomeKit, which will guarantee that products support the new features.<\/p>\n

It’s likely that there’ll still need to be a hub for all of these smart home products too, in order to continually monitor them. Here too, Apple hasn’t given any details yet, including what company will be responsible for making a hub or if existing Apple products might be able to perform that job. But nonetheless, Apple may still be making great strides toward letting a large number of products act in sync, and that’ll make the smart home much smarter than it already is.<\/p>\n

The smart home may well become a growing focus for Apple too, especially after Google took a big step into the home earlier this year with its acquisition of Nest, which has drawn plenty of acclaim for its smart thermostat and smoke detector. It’s only a matter of time before major tech companies begin vying to be the thread that connects appliances and devices throughout your home, and this seems to be Apple’s first step in the door.<\/p>\n

Source: www.theverge.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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