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发帖数: 1034 | 1 Smart home technology is gaining popularity among consumers, and Apple is
apparently paying attention.
Apple may reveal details of a new software platform specifically for smart
home technology at next month’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the
Financial Times reported today. That means Apple devices would more
seamlessly be able to control various processes within a home, such as
lighting, temperature/thermostats, smoke alarms, security monitoring, and
more.
Related: How companies are making your dumb home smart at CES
You might be saying to yourself, “I can already do most of these things
from my iPhone right now,” but the new platform would seek to give you
control in one central location so you wouldn’t have to juggle a handful of
third-party apps. For instance, I could change the settings for my Phillips
Hue lighting system from a new dashboard built into (presumably the next
version of) iOS rather than having to go to the Hue iOS app.
The FT report likens Apple’s strategy to some of its other less publicized
projects, including its iBeacons support and its CarPlay platform.
An iOS-integrated smart home platform would make a lot of sense, if only to
recapture some of the initial excitement people used to get when Apple first
debuted the iPhone. It could also provide a way to further jumpstart the
connected-home services market — with more third-party developers building
apps to control your home via iOS. |
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