Compared with rivals Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, which each support tens of thousands of smart home devices, Apple HomeKit is more limited. “There are fewer devices available in the HomeKi ...

IKEA plans to overhaul its smart home lineup with full Matter support, making its budget-friendly products compatible with ...

Sharing might be caring, but Apple prefers to keep it in the family. Where Google and Amazon allow their smart assistants to take up residence in all manner of third-party products, Apple is a ...

According to Apple, there are now more than 50 brands with HomeKit devices ranging from smart speakers to smart sprinklers.And of course Apple’s own smart home products such as the HomePods mini and ...

Following the launch of the first HomeKit devices yesterday, Apple has published an official page with a list of compatible products and a support document detailing the setup process for HomeKit.. In ...

When it comes to the smart home, there are three big players: Google, Amazon and Apple. If you’re wondering what Apple offers, it’s called HomeKit, a platform meant to cut through the ...

Five startups are announcing the launch of the very first HomeKit-certified devices today. HomeKit is Apple's standard for how third-party smart home gadgets connect in iOS. These five HomeKit ...

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 ...

In the final release of iOS 14, Apple has added two new previously undisclosed HomeKit categories, one for TV set top boxes and one for streaming sticks.

It’s been over a year since Apple first announced that it would let device manufacturers add support for its HomeKit smart home standard with just software authentication (instead of requiring ...

Support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit gives Roku devices a significant advantage with Apple users over the streaming new kid on the block, Chromecast with Google TV. Roku generally plays well with ...