CNET News - Apple targets the connected home with HomeKit
CNET News - Apple targets the connected home with HomeKit
2014-06-02
home kit
there are a lot of great home automation
devices coming on the market these days
and they have companion apps things like
lights and door locks webcams garage
doors and thermostats but you know each
of them have their own application and
then defining their own network protocol
their own security mechanisms what we
thought we could bring some rationality
to this space we started working with
the leaders in home automation devices
and we've come up with a comb kit with a
common network protocol that has secure
pairing to ensure that only your iPhone
can open your garage door or unlock your
door and in addition to being able to
control individual devices in your home
with home kit you can group devices and
changes into scenes and then with Siri
integration you can say something like
get ready for bed and be sure that your
garage door is closed your door is
locked the thermostat is lowered and
your lights are dimmed that's
you
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