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Apple Finalizes HomeKit Hardware Specifications, Adds HomeKit Support to Apple TV
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Really hoping they can make it work with the Scout alarm system. They're just clearing customs right now and should be shipping this week.
It's annoying that I can only find my iPhone with the apps and only use homekit with my iphone. What if I only have an iPad?
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Wish it was Find My Device and Made for iOS ..
Anyway, neeto. Can't wait, just need to get some kit! Refuse to pay £50 for a bulb though...maybe £10.
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Wish it was Find My Device and Made for iOS ..
Anyway, neeto. Can't wait, just need to get some kit! Refuse to pay £50 for a bulb though...maybe £10.
Yes, but isn't this in addition to your phone or iPad? I mean anything your Apple TV can do your much more powerful iPhone can do as well. The one exception being to be connected to your Home's wifi while you are out of the house.
I think it is mainly just a link back to your home. Or something to give you a big screen to review data related to your home. But even your computer should be available to do all this anyway.
I think the Apple TV is possibly EOL. TV is just part of what I think the new box will be
Gaming
TV
Home automation with homekit
Communication
Always on, always listening can track your phone to within a foot, and with the new barometer it can even tell what floor your on.
So it's going to be a whole new ecosystem with an App Store.
Could be called Apple Home or Apple TV Home, but from interviews Tim Cook seems to think TV is so dated, tele-vision is dead
Gaming
TV
Home automation with homekit
Communication
Always on, always listening can track your phone to within a foot, and with the new barometer it can even tell what floor your on.
So it's going to be a whole new ecosystem with an App Store.
Could be called Apple Home or Apple TV Home, but from interviews Tim Cook seems to think TV is so dated, tele-vision is dead
First Alert also has a a wave detector for around $40. if you go to lowes its labeled as Isis, but works with Zwave controllers. It probably won't work with home kit though since it's Zwave and not mifi certified. Too bad no existing devices will work since mifi is required which will probably double the cost of current devices. I guess I'll just stick with the Almond +.
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Get off your a$$
"...adjust thermostat, turn off lights, close garage door from your apple TV in your living room..."
iLazy!
"...adjust thermostat, turn off lights, close garage door from your apple TV in your living room..."
iLazy!
The non-colored variety cost around $15.
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You really haven't done any research on this at all have you? Apple TV is merely a hub for these products, your other iOS devices do the commands.
You do know Apple ultimately wants to replace your cable box right? So switching hdmi inputs would not be necessary. As I understand it, currently all smart home devices have their own apps. This will allow the apple tv to act as the hub. And you in turn control all with your iPhone or iPod apple watch etc
Without the Apple TV hub, the iPhone will talk to the Philips hub, however.
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The problem is that there are too many "standards" and the newer products are far less DIY. This will talk to your Insteon line as well as any other seamlessly.
You can do this already. Simply add a relay module or bridge to your $10 existing hardwired interconnected smokes and CO2 alarms.
Kiddie: http://www.kidde.com/home-safety/en/us/products/fire-safety/safety-accessories/auxiliary-devices/
First Alert: http://www.smarthome.com/insteon-2982-222-smoke-bridge.html
A heck of a lot cheaper than a bunch of overpriced Nest Protect smokes. Also keep in mind revised NFPA/NEC code now requires you to replace smokes every 10 years, regardless of manufacturer. You will no longer be able to sell a house with expired smokes. I have 10 smokes in my home. I would rather spend $100 vs. $1000 every 10 years.
But what if you're iBusy?
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I would imagine that in 10 years, all modern smoke detectors would be of the smart variety...and cheap too.
My Nest Protects function as more than just smoke alarms, they're also nightlights in the hallways and sensors for the Nest thermostat.
I can't imagine using anTV to manage homekit or the connected devices, at least in its current iteration.
I remember my brother had on-screen notifications through his cable provider of some home automation stuff, it was odd and annoying.
No. It's a hardware hub within your wifi -- think control tower. Not a UI on screen.
I've been doing Siri voice control since 2013 and home automation even longer. HomeKit does nothing for home automation systems which are already centralized.
No! What will happen is regulations will force all the inexpensive smokes out of the market and consumers will be forced to upgrade to overpriced smokes with even more limited choices.
I'm personally very excited about doing whole home automation. I'm just holding for now until I know what'll be certified and what won't.
why? They are entitled to use the same APIs as any other dev. Google does so on their other iOS apps.
The future was here in the 1970's*.
Apple is just making it cool and easy.
*X-10 was one of the early home automation attempts.
What are you referring to? iOS offers geofencing, apps can make use of it - my Hue system can turn on when I get home. My Hue system also uses time-based automation to turn on various lighting recipes in the house during different times of the day. It's programmed via iOS and runs on a hardware hub of its own, hopefully soon to be replaced with the Apple TV.
Because the Apple MFi licensing, specification, and protocol requires Apple proprietary chips to be incorporated.