At Apple’s recent Worldwide Developers Conference, the company announced—among a great many other things— HomeKit, a suite of tools for controlling such devices in your home as thermostats ...

If you have an Apple TV (3rd generation or later) with software version 7.0 or later, you can control your HomeKit-enabled accessories when you're away from home using your iOS device.

At the end of the day, it’s hard to go wrong using either Apple TV 4K or HomePod mini as a HomeKit hub. Both work incredibly well with the platform, and both serve slightly different purposes.

Apple is working on two smart home hub devices, with the first one coming this year. But what should you expect from these products? Here’s everything we know.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to ...

That’s because unlike competitors such as SmartThings and Wink, Apple doesn’t support the most popular smart home wireless protocols through a central connection hub.Instead, some HomeKit ...

Smart home technology continues to evolve at an incredible pace, and Apple HomeKit has emerged as one of the most secure and ...

Apple Home encompasses smart home technologies powered by HomeKit, Apple TV, HomePod, and rumored products like the portable 'Home Hub' display and Apple Doorbell.

The new Apple-certified Thinka Z-Wave is a simple hub that allows many Z-Wave accessories to work with HomeKit for the first time. This includes smart switches, thermostats, dimmers, doorbells ...

Apple's rumoured smart home hub may launch in early 2025 with a feature set mixing that of the Apple TV and the HomePod. It currently has a square display and a FaceTime camera with gesture ...

Users can now bridge hundreds of Z-Wave and Zigbee devices into their Apple Home app. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Hey Siri, can you integrate with the Hubitat Elevation hub ...

Apple has filed for a patent (number 20220335938) for “techniques for communication between a hub device and multiple endpoints.” It involves using an Apple device such as a HomePod mini as a HomeKit ...

Apple usually releases major new iOS updates in September, so with iOS 19 likely to arrive then, that could be the month we also see the smart home hub. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, meanwhile, has ...