Apple first launched HomeKit over a decade ago, but the smart home dream has remained a bit of a mess since then. Here’s why I’m hopeful that Apple Home will become what I always wanted this coming year.
Rumors indicate Apple is ready to take the smart home seriously
My history using a smart home setup has brought a lot of frustration over the years.
There are times it’s worked well, but I’ve also experienced plenty of unreliability, and even times when product manufacturers went out of business or otherwise made their products mostly unusable.
Because I’m a heavy Apple user, with an iPhone, iPad, Mac, HomePods, Apple TV, and so on, I’ve always preferred to buy smart home accessories with HomeKit support.
I don’t want to use accessories that require depending on their own separate apps and/or don’t work well with Siri. Unfortunately, it hasn’t always been easy to find good products with good HomeKit support.
My dream for the smart home has long been that Apple would just make its own home accessories.
Apple TV 4K and HomePod are a decent start—and new ones are coming soon—but I want more.
Next year, rumors indicate, I’ll finally get my wish.
Apple is reportedly planning to launch:
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