For a few years Apple with its already more than popular Apple HomeKit home automation system, implemented this technology in their devices, turning something that was difficult to achieve for most of us into something that we had at our fingertips. It is true that these words require several important nuances and it is that Apple did not invent home automation since this technology had existed for many years but obviously the prices and above all the ease of use (it required a device at home as a connected central computer) they weren't what we have today.
Today, with an iPad, a HomePod or an Apple TV and an iPhone we can domotize some things in our home, office, etc., in a relatively simple way. But as we all know there are other "protocols" from other brands to domotize our home and this new project called "Project Connected Home over IP«.
What exactly is this Project Connected Home over IP?
To explain it in a simple way and that everyone understands the first time we will say that it is unite all the different "protocols" used for home automation -HomeKit, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Zigbee, etc- in one that is governed by IP connectivity. Yes, in this way, with specific software and hardware in each home automation device, the user could directly use this type of light bulbs, plugs, blind motors and other smart devices that right now are exclusive to each of the protocols mentioned above, Apple with HomeKit, Amazon's Alexa, etc, etc ...
This may seem like a very good thing for all of us who are hooked in some way to the simplest home automation thing, which is buying a colored light bulb compatible with our system (HomeKit, Alexa, Google Assistant and others) since it could allow that with a protocol will govern everything, without the need to be really compatible, a kind of open source in which everyone has a place. All this looks great but it has to have some trick And it is that all brands earn money from manufacturers for adding these protocols and hardware compatible with theirs, that is, Apple makes money every time Lifx sells one of its bulbs and with this Project Connected Home over IP, this would not happen.
One of the options that are being discussed without really knowing all the details is that this service is restricted and you can only activate or deactivate the light bulb, that you cannot program it for when you are away from home or that it is not compatible with a sensor to create one. automation like the ones we can create today with Koogeek products and the iPhone for example ... In any case This project is interesting and can give a lot to talk about in the face of the advancement of home automation at a particular levelWe will see what the results are as time goes by.