Abstract: This paper presents a modular smart home system integrating ESP32 microcontrollers with Apple HomeKit ecosystem to address scalability and data retention challenges in residential IoT ...

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Have you ever wished you could light up a room just by walking in? Well, aside from relying on your sparkling personality, smart home devices are perfect for this, and they are simple to set up on ...

No budget options Only some models can integrate with a home security system Some features only work with iPhones, not Androids Schlage’s known for providing some of the best smart locks in the ...

Apple’s much-rumored smart home shake-up could see HomeKit quietly retired from consumer-facing branding, right as the Cupertino tech giant readies its most ambitious home hardware lineup ever. The ...

It has been nearly 11 years since Apple introduced its HomeKit smart home framework, and the technical term “HomeKit” is often used to refer to anything related to Apple’s smart home technology. But ...

HomeKit name has been replaced in tvOS beta. The new branding is "Apple Home." The change is probably just a fresh label. Apple has a long history of renaming things, sometimes to match a bigger ...

Apple's tvOS 26 beta removing HomeKit branding and adding "Apple Home" shouldn't be a surprise, since Apple has been on that road for two years. HomeKit is now over ten years old, having been ...

Apple is gearing up for a new investment in the smart home that’s coming soon, and according to changes in the latest tvOS 26 beta, it seems part of that may be the replacing of the HomeKit brand with ...

Israeli website The Verifier reports that the fifth tvOS 26 beta includes changes that see “HomeKit” references changed to “Apple Home” in the Settings app on all compatible Apple TV models. The ...

Apple is officially ending support for the prior version of Apple Home this year, and the company has been encouraging users to update to the new HomeKit architecture by that time to avoid ...