HOMEKIT: THE COMPLETE GUIDE
HomeKit is better than ever — now’s the time to get your smart home in order with help from your Mac or iPhone
WRITTEN BY CLIFF JOSEPH
There have been numerous occasions in Apple’s history where it has developed products or technologies that were technically superior to those of its rivals, but which failed to achieve real mainstream success. And, for the last few years, Apple’s HomeKit — the software that it developed to control smart devices, such as lights and security came11ras — has sat on the sidelines as Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home have made all the running in the smart home market. However, all three companies have been frustrated at the slow adoption of smart–home technologies, so in 2019 they got together to develop a new technology called Matter. HomeKit is actually part of Matter, so any device that supports Matter will also work with HomeKit, and you will still be able to control that device using Siri and the Home app on your Apple devices just like any other HomeKit gear.