Smart home enthusiasts, sit up straight and take note! A decent selection of Philips Hue smart home bulbs are being offered for sale. The sale means that you can instantly save 20% on some of the best bulbs that exist within the Hue range.
It's fairly obvious that Philips is hugely invested in taking its intelligent Hue range of lights to the next level. The company has long sold a range of intelligent bulbs but has now announced a fairly extensive expansion of the range, which includes entire light fittings and fixtures as opposed to just bulbs.
Philips likely didn't have any idea how bit the home automation industry would become when it launched its first intelligent bulb into the marketplace. Now, after a prolonged period of success, it's taken the next step by expanding its range into the bathroom with a new product named the Adore Mirror.
The great thing about Apple's HomeKit home automation platform is that now devices can be made to support it via nothing more than a software update. That's exactly what has happened today, with Belkin's Wemo Mini smart plug now HomeKit-capable. Owners of the plug can install the Wemo iOS app and update the device's software in order to connect it directly to the Home app, making it available for existing scenes and capable of Siri support without the need for Belkin's Wemo Bridge.
iOS 12 beta 2 now shows an AirPlay 2 update for the AirPort Express inside the Home app. Here are the details.
The folks over at Danalock today announced that the company's HomeKit-enabled Danalock V3 smart lock is now available for purchase via Apple's own online store as well as Apple Stores in more than 30 different countries throughout Europe.
Despite its apparent death as an entire product line, Apple's AirPort Express may have something of a reprieve in the cards after it was noticed that iOS 12's Home app is again able to see the 2012 redesigned accessory although it cannot be configured for use.
Elgato has announced not one, but two new HomeKit-enabled accessories in the Eve Aqua and Eve Flare, and they're both pretty interesting in their own right.
Here’s how to find Bluetooth LE range or signal strength between HomeKit hub and the accessory the easy way.
We recently told you about the launch of the first HomeKit air conditioner that will be available in the United States thanks to GE, and now the company has confirmed that there are an additional four models that all support Apple's smart home system.