Category Archives: HomeKit

Last call: Update Apple Home by tomorrow, or your HomeKit setup may stop working

If you’re still running Apple Home on the old HomeKit architecture, this is your final [...]

‘Dystopian’ Ring Search Party feature sparks public backlash [Video]

Amazon apparently thought the world would respond with a collective “awww” when it announced an [...]

Smart Home Diary: Planning my new smart home, 13 years later

I’m just about starting to believe that I may be heading into the final stages [...]

After Ring privacy backlash, company abandons plans for police partnership

Amazon’s plan to turn Ring doorbells into a neighborhood-wide surveillance system was roundly denounced as [...]

HomeKit Secure Video hits 24-hour outage as downtime continues [U: Fixed]

Update: Apple’s System Status page now lists the issue as resolved. Apple’s platform for recording [...]

Aqara U400 review: HomeKit’s futuristic smart lock has arrived

I bought my first house earlier this year, so being the nerd that I am, [...]

Philips Hue lights enhanced with immersive SpatialAware feature, now available

In January, we learned about an upcoming Philips Hue mode called SpatialAware. As of today, [...]

Apple Home recently got better in three ways, here’s what’s new

Apple is expected to launch a wave of new Home products later this year, after [...]

iRobot announces eight smaller and better Roomba bots after bankruptcy

It’s only a few months since iRobot filed for bankruptcy, but it has now re-emerged [...]

HomeKit Weekly: New SwitchBot Lock Vision brings facial recognition and Matter over Wi-Fi

Today, SwitchBot has announced the new SwitchBot Lock Vision and Lock Vision Pro. For Apple [...]