Apple introduced HomeKit more than a year ago, at WWDC where it also introduced iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. Twelve months later the catalog of devices compatible with HomeKit is very scarce And things get even worse if we only consider the devices that are already available for purchase. Homekit is expected to take off definitively when iOS 9 is officially launched, around the month of September.
To find out which devices are compatible with HomeKit, a Reddit user has asked your own list in which we can see thermostats, lighting devices, sensors, cameras, locks and other types of devices. On its website we will see some devices with a red dot in the upper right, which means that it does not yet have a description because it is not for sale or because he has not found it yet. In total, 15 devices that you have below.
- August Smart Lock
- Ecobee3 Thermostat
- Elgato Eve door and window sensor
- Elgato Eve Room
- Elgato Eve Weather
- iDevice Switch
- iHome Control Smart Plug
- Honeywell lyric
- Kwikset Lock
- Lutron SmartBridge
- MyQ Garage Lock
- Philips Hue
- Philips Hue Lux
- sky bell
- Withing's Home
One of the reasons some devices that will include HomeKit support are being delayed is that Apple wants to offer a significant degree of security to these devices to protect information that can be sensitive. Those in Cupertino ask manufacturers to use 3,072-bit encryption and a Curve25519 security protocol and this is something that has been a headache for more than one brand.
With iOS 9 will arrive new types of sensors that can be controlled with a new application that will allow you to control HomeKit-compatible devices from your iPhone, iPod or iPad. I know that more than one is thinking right now "Another bugging app that I'm not going to use?”And yes, I am with you. I think the best thing for all of us would be that on the one hand these applications come pre-installed, which is favorable for Apple, and on the other hand we could uninstall them freely, which benefits us users who are not going to use a specific application.
