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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.” ...

On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, your hosts break down the latest Apple smart home news and several leaked devices ahead of CES 2025. Apple continues its work on new smart home ...

Simply put, Thread is a purpose-made mesh networking protocol for HomeKit and other types of smart home devices that create direct peer-to-peer communication. It’s self-maintaining, self-healing ...