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Title: News: Apple partners with builders to include HomeKit-enabled devices in new homes Post by: HCK on October 22, 2016, 04:05:26 pm News: Apple partners with builders to include HomeKit-enabled devices in new homes
<img src="(http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/apple-homekit-getting-started.jpg)" /> As homebuilders are starting to include more smarthome devices in their new houses, Apple is looking to cash in by being the company providing the go-to devices for controlling them, Bloomberg reports. While homeowners may balk at paying $130 for two Phillips Hue lightbulbs or $229 for a Schlage smart deadbolt, Los Angeles-based KB Home is betting that new home buyers will be willing to pay a little extra for features like automated thermostats, lights,… Source: News: Apple partners with builders to include HomeKit-enabled devices in new homes (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-patners-with-builders-to-include-homekit-enabled-devices-in-new-homes) |