7 home tech products to upgrade your space now
Each is compatible with Apple?s Home app, new to iOS 10 Your home is talking.
With the release of iOS 10 earlier this month, Apple is finally pulling the curtain back on its new Home app, and, as is the vogue in the smart home sphere, voice activation is the name of the game. We first heard about the company?s foray into the world of the automated dwelling when it announced HomeKit, a new hub for compatible products, at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) back in 2014. The wait has, evidently, been worth it, and compatible products have started to proliferate.
The new Home app handles the organization of all HomeKit supported products, and the list expands monthly. The Home app?which in the latest OS takes pride of place on the home screen of your iDevice?has two main benefits (aside from its "Hello Siri?turn on the lights" functionality): First, all the messy third party HomeKit control apps are now in one place for ease of use. And second, with geofencing your device will trigger your iPhone and cue a sequence that, for instance, turns off the A/C and lights as you exit your home. The skinny on the new Home app, unlike some apps native to HomeKit-enabled products, is that it will work not just on iPhones but on iPads and the Apple Watch, too. If you leave the device at home (connected to your Wi-Fi network) iPads will serve as the mothership hub for controlling anything from a distance. The Internet of Things is slowly, but re...
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