HomeKit

Matter, the new smart home standard, has delivered its first real tangible benefit. Google today announced that the Nest Thermostat can now work with Apple HomeKit, marking the first time…

Apple's big HomeKit rework has returned in iOS 16.4 after an absence of several months, giving users the smart home performance upgrade first promised to them in summer of 2022. At long…

macOS 13.3 is finally available to all Mac users. In this update, Apple is focusing on two main features, 20+ emojis and bringing back the new HomeKit architecture. Here’s what you…

With iOS 16.2, Apple introduced a new Homekit architecture for the iPhone Home app. While Apple promised an even “more efficient and reliable experience controlling compatible…

Apple has a dedicated HomePass app that stores all the setup codes for HomeKitaccessories and devices. The app was first introduced in 2018 and since then, several new features have been…

After almost two years without a HomePod, Apple has introduced the second-generation HomePodthat takes on the baton from the original one, which was introduced way back in 2018. While the…

HomeKit Secure Video lets you use cameras that build in software designed by Apple to talk securely with a HomeKit hub and transfer video to iCloud storage. This video is protected by…

Sales of security cameras have continued to rise in recent years, as we all turned our homes into lockdown fortresses, and more and more people continue to work from home. Security cameras…

Google just announced two new smart home devices — a new $179 wired doorbell and a new $199 Wi-Fi 6e router, the latter of which will cover up to 2,200 square feet with just a single node.…

EveAt IFA 2022, Eve hosted a demo of one of their HomeKit-enabled. This is a big step forward in the smart home world because this is the first time a Google Hub has ever been able to…