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

Apple is officially ending support for the prior version of Apple Home this year, and the company has been encouraging users to update to the new HomeKit architecture by that time to avoid ...

The older Apple Home architecture will live for a few more months. Apple previously planned on phasing out the architecture in late 2025. Instead, the HomeKit architecture will stop functioning on ...

Back in iOS 16.2—and then again in iOS 16.4, after some initial teething problems meant it had to be pulled—Apple rolled out a new architecture for its Home app. This was a complete reworking of the ...

Use far more devices without giving up on Apple Home.

HomeKit is Apple's smart home platform, similar to Google Home or Amazon Echo. It lets you control all of your smart home devices, from lightbulbs to thermostats, in one place. Of all the most useful ...

Previously, the Home app webpage on Apple’s website said that support for vacuuming robots in HomeKit would arrive with a future iOS 18 update later this year. However, as noted by MacRumors, the page ...

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On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, we break down the latest in smart home news such as more rumors on Apple's smart display, new devices, and smart robots. We have even more rumors on ...