Smart home accessory maker Belkin has announced its Wemo line of smart home products will work with Apple's HomeKit later this fall.
Not exact matches
Several
smart lock
makers also sell
accessories to bridge the gap between their locks and your
home Wi - Fi network — thus allowing you to monitor and control the locks remotely.
When Apple announced HomeKit, its iOS framework for controlling
smart devices around the
home, such as thermostats, door locks and lights, we expected to see every
accessory maker under the sun rush to get
accessories out the door.
After all, Amazon's Alexa and Google's
smart services dominated the show with plenty of new product announcements and — more importantly — large partnerships with
home accessory makers (notably absent: Apple).
Accessories maker Logitech has rolled out a free software update today for all of its Harmony hub - based products, giving users better control over the number of interconnected devices making up their
smart home.
HomeKit was initially unveiled alongside iOS 8 in June of 2014, and it allows developers and
accessory makers a simple, single platform to offer easy connecting, security, and control of multiple
smart devices within a
home featuring automated products.