homkit

Slow progress on HomeKit Apple revealed its HomeKit platform in 2014, which lets people control door locks, lights and other smart home gadgets with an iPhone or iPad. Apple users can control their various connected devices from one program -- even using its iOS-based digital voice assistant, Siri -- rather than switching back and forth between different apps. But there aren't many actual products yet that work with the software. You can find a few smart power plug adapters, lighting products from Philips and Lutron, and a few thermostats that work with Siri and HomeKit right now, but Apple seems to be taking a cautious approach. It hasn't opened its smart home product family to the full breadth of household devices yet.