New HomeKit App at CES 2016: PowerHouz is an Apple HomeKit Home Portal going beyond Home Automation and showing us a glimpse of the Future of Home Automation So far most Home Automation users’ experiences have been frustrating; To control multiple accessories, users had to switch between numerous Apps and most brands would simply not […]

What is HomeKit? In case you missed it, HomeKit can be understood as kind of an Apple approved hardware platform developers can use to create iOS compatible smart home solutions that integrate easily and securely with Apple’s iOS. Apple has created frameworks for various devices, but roll out of these has been relatively slow. CES […]

Apple’s decision to make Swift open source has the potential to intensify development of powerful newHomeKit solutions. Swift everywhere We know Apple wants to make Swift available to its CloudKit teams, blogger Lou Miranda said as much, “Think about Swift on CloudKit, Linux, app scripting, and maybe even client-side web,” he wrote. Apple’s OS X […]

A lot has happened in the last couple of years years since we first looked at Phillips’ Hue Connected Bulbs. Philips has greatly expanded its Hue ecosystem with a number of new lighting options that all tie into the company’s core Hue bridge, and in the process, Philips has become a major player in the […]

PowerHouz, The Apple HomeKit Home Automation App was released only this past August and is already recording a strong surge in Sales with a 300% month to month increase. On December 7th, 2015, Zysco Company announced the November results of PowerHouz, its Home Automation App fully integrated with the Apple HomeKit. PowerHouz is a Home […]

1. Self Learning Thermostats With devices such as the Nest thermostat, you can keep your home at the perfect temperature year round. Connected thermostats allow you to adjust the temperature in any part of your house from anywhere – imagine turning up the heat a bit before you leave the office during a particularly cold, […]

  Your smart home can also help you throw a smart party. With the holiday party circuit around the corner, leveraging Apple‘s HomeKit and a slew of connected home products hitting the market makes it easy to control almost every aspect for creating the perfect party. Apple’s HomeKit is the framework for anchoring connected home […]

  PowerHouz, The Apple HomeKit Home Automation App is already at it’s third App Store release and in addition to supporting all the latest HomeKit features, is now adding am Incredibly Useful Communication Function On November 29th, 2015, Zysco Company announced the App Store Release of its latest update of PowerHouz, its Home Automation App […]

First Alert rolls out the first smoke/carbon monoxide detector using HomeKit, Apple’s smart home platform. Home sensor maker First Alert has introduced the first-ever HomeKit-enabled smoke/carbon monoxide detector that can be controlled by your iPhone. HomeKit is Apple’s framework of connecting and controlling household devices. Onelink, which comes with an unreplaceable 10-year battery, is linked […]

  Apple allows you to set up your new home automation accessories with the HomeKit system. If you have  picked up a HomeKit-enabled device? Here’s how you can get it to work with Siri. Home automation devices can smartly interact with Apple’s voice-activated assistant, Siri, on iPhone and Apple Watch. Let’s find out! Add HomeKit Rooms to […]