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With $320B in spare cash, Apple has enough money to enter any market it so desires. The Apple Company has jumped into the smart home game in a big way with the HomeKit. There are now hundreds of HomeKit compatible devices available in over a dozen different household categories, including lights, locks, cameras, doorbells, garage door openers, thermostats and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smart home devices allow you to set schedules for operations, control operations remotely through your smartphone or tablet, and let devices work together more efficiently and effectively. HomeKit is Apple’s smart home controller, introduced in 2015. In the years since HomeKit came on the market, dozens of different makers of home products have created a range of products that work with the controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To use HomeKit, you don’t need a central hub, only an iOS (with the recent version, iOS11) device like your iPhone or iPad, or even an Apple Watch, together with the Home app from Apple, to get remote control of devices installed throughout your home. The system works optimally with an Apple TV at home, or you can use an iPad that stays at home so that it can send you remote notifications and give you control of the home devices remotely through the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is possible to start simple with just a single smart home device along with HomeKit, and then build more smart devices into the system as you go. The thermostat, for example, is one device that you could start with to get more control over power usage and efficiency of the heating and cooling system in your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HomeKit is designed around the idea of ease of installation and set up for each smart device you use. If you are comfortable using a smartphone with apps, getting going with HomeKit will be simple. The Home app is installed already on iOS devices. Once you have HomeKit, just open the Home app and you will get a prompt to name your HomeKit network, or go with the default called “Home.” From there it is easy to add new smart devices around your home. Simply use the + button, tap Add Accessory, and aim your phone’s camera at the HomeKit sticker with a numeric code (on the device or in the manual), and select the device name that pops up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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