The fifth tvOS 26 beta changed several "HomeKit" references to "Apple Home" in the Settings app on all Apple TV models compatible with the update. For example, Israeli website The Verifier reported ...

Apple HomeKit is a smart home automation platform that launched in 2014 for iPhone and iPad, then later expanded to other Apple devices. But there’s every chance you’ve never used the platform, or 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 ...

Apple updated the Home app with some useful new features that rely on Apple Intelligence. The updates improve the way HomeKit Secure Video cameras work on Apple's HomeKit platform. The Home app ...

iOS 18 for iPhone is almost here and it changes a lot about smart home management, including home security. Here's what's new. There’s more Matter support than ever, Apple is adding big bonuses. And a ...

Apple's Home app now generates written descriptions of camera footage, links multi-camera events, and supports 4K recording for the first time.

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...

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 ...

Previously, the Home app webpage on Apple’s website said that support for vacuuming robots in HomeKit would arrive with a future iOS 18 update later this year. However, as noted by MacRumors, the page ...

Back in iOS 16.2—and then again in iOS 16.4, after some initial teething problems meant it had to be pulled—Apple rolled out a new architecture for its Home app. This was a complete reworking of the ...