There’s no shortage of smart devices now available that T you can control with your iPhone or iPad — smart speakers, lights, security cameras, and even thermostats and controls for air conditioning systems. The problem is, all these devices require their own separate apps. If we’re ever to reach the promised nirvana of home automation, then we need a simpler way of controlling all our smart devices. Apple developed HomeKit to provide that solution, by designing a central control system that links all our smart devices together. The HomeKit software is built into Macs, the iPhone and iPad, and also the Apple TV box, and is controlled through either the Home app or by using Siri. Apple also allows other manufacturers to build HomeKit into their own smart devices too, rather than having to rely on separate apps.
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