Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec...
by crooked-v on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:01PM
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HomeKit stuff will do that with an Apple TV acting as a hub. Once configured, you can then remote-control stuff from iOS devices connected to the same account or 'family' (once you turn on 'Allow Remote Access'). The list of supported devices isn't huge, but the certification comes with some useful guarantees, like not being dependent on the manufacturer's cloud service to work.
The devices on the list that act as hubs also carry that support across to anything else they control; for example, the Philips Hue Bridge lets you treat a lot of Zigbee 3.0 lights/switches as if they were native HomeKit devices.
They have a full list of specific supported devices here: https://www.apple.com/ios/home/accessories
The devices on the list that act as hubs also carry that support across to anything else they control; for example, the Philips Hue Bridge lets you treat a lot of Zigbee 3.0 lights/switches as if they were native HomeKit devices.