MacFormat UK – September 2019

What’s inside

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HOMEKIT HELP

Getting HomeKit

support to more devices

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SAFE STORAGE
WWDC introduces
Secure Video. Plus more
accessories get the
HomeKit touch

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WWDC

SMART NEWS

CarPlay, AirPlay 2 and

iOS 13 developments

EDITED BY ALEX COX

hile my home is kitted out with

a fair bit of smart equipment,

surprisingly little of it consists

of HomeKit accessories. This

is isn’t for lack of trying. Apple controls, in

all, a relatively small portion of the smart

home market, mainly because its range is

so condensed. As I understand it, Apple

doesn’t make it easy behind the scenes to

add HomeKit compatibility. If my inbox full

of press releases is anything to go by there’s

definitely growth happening, but

it’s nowhere near the pace of Google-

and Alexa-supporting devices.

Apple is at least partly to blame here.

While there were some big smart tech-based

announcements at the WWDC keynote,

they were talked about and skimmed over.

Just because home security and device

interoperability doesn’t get the same kind

of audience response as, say, Dark Mode for

iOS, that doesn’t mean it’s not important.

HomeKit is so good, it should be

bigger than it is: Apple needs to put some

serious weight behind its smart home tech

W

The smart home is

here – live the Apple

dream today!

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Craig Federighi, Apple’s SVP of

Software Engineering, presents

HomeKit Secure Video at WWDC 2019.