A year after HomeKit was announced at WWDC 2014, the first HomeKit enabled products are today beginning to go on sale from five initial device manufacturers. HomeKit enabled devices, which can range ...

HomeKit and other smart devices often include only a low-power Wi-Fi radio, particularly if they’re battery-powered. Many are ...

Key factors to consider are the consequences of a device being compromised, and whether you need to include it in HomeKit scenes and automations. If you own an iPhone, does that mean you should ...

However, as fun as HomeKit devices can be, they can also be frustrating ... After testing out a few options, we settled on the Matter-enabled Nanoleaf Lightstrip. Like most Matter-enabled accessories, ...

Whether you prefer HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Samsung SmartThings, a Matter-enabled device will work seamlessly across all these platforms. For Apple users, Matter devices ...

The promises of a new, simpler, smarter way to make your home, um, smarter being hampered by a haphazard selection of apps and a fairly limited array of HomeKit devices. With iOS 10 ... Flop on the ...

Smart home accessory maker Ecobee has announced the Smart Thermostat Essential, a more affordable alternative to the Smart ...

But according to security researcher Trevor Spiniolas, Apple missed one dangerous HomeKit bug ... all other iOS devices signed into the same account if Home Data is enabled.” ...

There are four main smart home platforms: Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s HomeKit, Google Home and Samsung SmartThings and all work with devices such as smart lights and plugs. But which is the best smart ...