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 […]

Apple’s HomeKit is finally starting to roll out to actual consumers, via the first crop of HomeKit-enabled accessories from third-party manufacturers. This means you’ll soon be able to get your hands on a range of products for the connected home that work with Siri on your iOS device, and that you’ll be able to do […]

  Update: August Home has announced that its second-generation Smart Lock will be compatible with HomeKit, and will arrive in six to eight weeks. We’ve added more details on the following page. Announced alongside iOS 8 at last year’s Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple’s HomeKit software aims to put its own spin on home automation. Using […]

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 taking a new approach to Home Security. On November 16th, 2015, Zysco Company announced the App Store Release of its latest update of PowerHouz, its Home Automation App […]

Siri voice control is finally coming to Philips Hue connected light bulbs thanks to promised HomeKitsupport and a new bridge product. Details have been surfacing over the last month with product listings going up a day early, and Philips is ready to officially reveal how it’s bringing HomeKit support to Hue bulbs and lamps. As expected, […]

On November 11th, 2015, Zysco Company announced the App Store Release of its latest update of PowerHouz, its Home Automation App fully integrated with the Apple HomeKit. 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, it is now […]

PowerHouz, The Apple HomeKit Home Automation App just released a new functionality allowing users to add third party App Shortcuts, making it the ideal Internet of Things (IoT) Portal for iOS users.   On November 2d, 2015, Zysco Company announced the App Store Release of its latest update of PowerHouz, its Home Automation App fully […]