Currently, Apple HomeKit requires a connection to Apple TV. At the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8, the company announced some updates that will likely come with iOS 9.
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Apple has finally unveiled the brands that work with HomeKit, but there are already a few certified devices compatible, we know. Among the list of devices, HomeKit will be able to control lights, locks, thermostats, motion detectors and carbon monoxide, and shutters.
These are not Apple products, but third-party devices that Users can control using Siri or standalone applications designed by the manufacturers. But instead of having an Apple TV, you can connect your HomeKit home automation devices from anywhere in the world through your iCloud account.
Apple Certified products are designed to be easy to install and use with your iPhone or iPad. The list of devices that work with the HomeKit framework is growing: Philips Hue recently announced that its connected bulbs will fit HomeKit from the fall.
And even from the wrist!
HomeKit also happen natively on the next version of Apple Watch, so you will have the opportunity to control all your home connected from your wrist. And while the ability to access your lights and your locks around with iCloud seems promising, there still has some security problems.
After all, Tim Cook just announced new push notifications for last September that service a number of celebrity accounts were hacked, and whose private photos ended up on the canvas. Basically, they are intended to warn you that someone may be trying to take over your account to a non-legally. With the prospect of adding the ability to unlock your door, it's easy to see why safety is of paramount importance to those who add intelligent devices in the home.
Although this was the only information Apple at WWDC, we expect more compatible devices arrive in the coming months.
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Apple has finally unveiled the brands that work with HomeKit, but there are already a few certified devices compatible, we know. Among the list of devices, HomeKit will be able to control lights, locks, thermostats, motion detectors and carbon monoxide, and shutters.
These are not Apple products, but third-party devices that Users can control using Siri or standalone applications designed by the manufacturers. But instead of having an Apple TV, you can connect your HomeKit home automation devices from anywhere in the world through your iCloud account.
And even from the wrist!
HomeKit also happen natively on the next version of Apple Watch, so you will have the opportunity to control all your home connected from your wrist. And while the ability to access your lights and your locks around with iCloud seems promising, there still has some security problems.
After all, Tim Cook just announced new push notifications for last September that service a number of celebrity accounts were hacked, and whose private photos ended up on the canvas. Basically, they are intended to warn you that someone may be trying to take over your account to a non-legally. With the prospect of adding the ability to unlock your door, it's easy to see why safety is of paramount importance to those who add intelligent devices in the home.
Although this was the only information Apple at WWDC, we expect more compatible devices arrive in the coming months.