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if you downloaded iOS 10 you might be wondering with this new app with a little house icon is hang on it's too dark in here Siri I'm hope Home Sweet automated home it's the whole map the missing piece of apples interconnected smart home and now that it's finally in its final form we're putting it to the test on the large scale of the C net smart home Siri let's make dinner here's some information it doesn't always hear you exactly right Siri let's make it dinner but when it does you can use scenes to lower the blinds and change the lights with a single command the app controls intuitively quick press to flip things on or off or hold it for more advanced options like brightness or color I really like how easy it is to create scenes you can also create rules so when you flip a switch a bunch of lights turn on or off or similar automations so you can activate scenes when you come or go or based on the time of day you setup can still be a pain you have to turn on two-factor authentication and have either a fourth gen Apple TV or a fairly new iPad to be able to do anything remotely or to use any of those automations other nitpicks the app doesn't have a back button and setting up multiple users is still a real pain that takes a long time if it works at all fortunately you can control your home with voice commands to your Apple TV or with the buttons in the control center of your phone I've got a home kit skeptic for a while now and the whole map isn't perfect there's no one spot to see a list of all of your devices Hank lock that but it does do a good job of streamlining a large smart home with multiple devices into one experience bringing home kits potential that much closer to fruition you