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Home is where the HomeKit wants to be

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<p>Since it first introduced HomeKit back in 2014, Apple has been dancing around the idea of the smart home and automation. Since then, it’s expanded its offerings bit-by-bit. It added the Home app in 2016, finally putting a front-end interface on controlling smart home tech and adding the ability to use the Apple TV as a home automation hub.</p><p>But despite those improvements, HomeKit has yet to really catch on. It’s still missing more than a few pieces, but with the annual Worldwide Developers Conference just over a week away, it’s possible the company has something up its sleeves to finally turn the smart house into a smart home.</p><h2>The home hub</h2>
<p>I’ve spilled plenty of ink (http://www.macworld.com/article/3146140/speakers/what-if-the-airport-extreme-becomes-the-siri-speaker.html) on a theoretical Siri Speaker elsewhere (http://www.macworld.com/article/3126508/home-tech/its-time-for-apple-to-make-a-siri-speakernext-year.html), but the lack of a real home hub is part of why I think HomeKit feels so unanchored. Using the Apple TV (or an iPad) feels like a stopgap measure, chosen simply because they’re devices that are almost always on and connected to your local network.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3198413/home-automation/home-is-where-the-homekit-wants-to-be.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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