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Apple HomeKit (finally) gets its own app (CNET News)

2016-06-13
when you launch the home app you get to see your own personalized wallpaper and all of your accessories no matter who they're made by and you can control them so easily if you want to turn on a light of course just tap it if you want to adjust the dimmer we'll just pressing a little harder and slide and you can adjust the dimmer just like that so you can tap tap-tap across all the accessories in your home but sometimes you'd like to trigger a change to all of them and for that we have something we call scenes so for instance if you want to get ready for bed you can tap goodnight you'll see that close the living room shades lock the front door adjust the thermostat all in one step now Siri knows how to interact with scenes as well so if in the morning you say good morning to Siri well Siri can automatically get your home all ready for you for the day and you can also control your accessories without launching an app at all because home kit is actually built right into control center swipe up control center you can swipe over to see your home controls with just a tap for instance open up your garage door now home kit takes advantage of our interactive notifications as well so if someone rings the doorbell for instance you can tap in and actually get a live feed of your front door camera talk to them on the intercom if you want and even unlock the door alright from the lock screen of your iPhone now yeah now since your Apple TV is always on always plugged in and always on the network in your home it can serve as a secure point for remote access and automation within your home so when you're on the go you can actually access all of your accessories securely end-to-end encrypted and you can set up automation like geo fences so that when you roll into your driveway you can make sure that the garage door will open the lights will turn on and maybe even the hot tub will start up in the back for you all automatically now the home app is great on the iPhone it's also fantastic on the iPad as well so many people like using the iPad as the ultimate home control device whether mounted on the wall or on the coffee table and of course there's nothing beating the remote that you always have with you right on your wrist the Apple watch it comes with built-in home control support as well so that's a quick update on home
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