rather of jump head first into the bright home market by grant iOS users to ( finally ) control all of their connected appliance and devices from a single app , Apple has instead decided to peak - toe through the get in touch home ’s front door with a young API feature call HomeKit that ensures everything can be securely plug into wirelessly , and controlled using Siri voice commands .
At the instant , fragmentation is the best way to describe the current country of smart home computer hardware . Light incandescent lamp , speaker , thermoregulator , fastball detectors , and other Wi - Fi - connected appliances from various maker all habituate their own proprietary iOS apps , and it was hoped that Apple ’s WWDC announcements would impart these all together under a unified UI .
But alternatively of revealing a dedicated iOS app that can control all of the other devices in your household , it looks like Apple is update the iOS API with a common protocol that makes connecting hardware light and more good .
It also allows exploiter to aggroup various smart base devices into what Io will call ‘ scenes’—somewhere in the UI — which can be then controlled with unproblematic voice command like “ bedtime ” which would dim the light , rick off tv set , and automatically arm your home ’s alarm arrangement . Sounds great , as long as your iOS gadget ’s assault and battery has n’t died by dinner party time .
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