Home is competent, and that's more than can be said for the majority of
HomeKit apps I tested.
Not exact matches
Apple has recently unveiled interactive
HomeKit experiences in 46 of its retail stores worldwide, allowing customers to
test out its smart home platform free of charge, according to TechCrunch.Interactive
HomeKit demo area at an Apple Store via TechCrunchEach interactive setup consists of two vertical displays positioned behind an iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with the Home
app, which customers can use to control accessories in the virtual room, such as lights and ceiling fans.
It looks fine and it's simple enough to use, but it isn't quite as polished as some of the other
HomeKit apps we've
tested out.
It also features one of the best
HomeKit apps we've
tested yet, with attractive, easy - to - use controls for both the iDevices Switch and the rest of the products huddling under Apple's umbrella.
Apple today seeded the sixth beta of an upcoming tvOS 11.3 update to developers for
testing purposes, a little over one week after seeding the fifth beta and one month after releasing the tvOS 11.2.6 update.Designed for the fourth and fifth - generation Apple TV models, the tvOS 11.3 developer beta can be downloaded onto the Apple TV via a profile that's installed using Xcode and Apple Configurator.Early tvOS 11.3 updates introduced support for AirPlay 2, allowing the Apple TV to be added to the Home
app as part of a
HomeKit setup and enabling multiple Apple TVs in separate rooms to play the same song, but that functionality was removed in tvOS 11.3 beta 3.
I've
tested 17
HomeKit apps over the past couple of weeks (and nine different
HomeKit devices over the past few months) and here's what I found.
With the second beta, the publication points out that Apple's own documentation for the pre-release build «includes support for Family Sharing and can be used for
testing AirPlay and
HomeKit with your iOS
apps.»
What this logo means is that the device has been fully
tested by Apple and is compatible with Apple's new «Home»
app — which allows you to control all of your
HomeKit devices from a single
app — and
HomeKit APIs in order to offer a fully consistent experience.
I've been
testing HomeKit accessories since the first wave premiered earlier this year, and I've used a variety of
apps to set them up and control them.