Practically since the launch of iOS 10, more and more manufacturers are betting on launching smart devices compatible with HomeKit, so that they can be controlled from any iOS device. The launch of iOS 10 also meant the launch of the House application, Home in English, an application with which we can control all devices compatible with the HomeKit protocol without having to use the applications that each manufacturer offers independently.
In March of last year, manufacturer Belkin claimed that the connected accessory line would not be compatible with the HomeKit platform. Fortunately you have changed your mind as the company just announced that Belkin's Wemo line will be compatible with the Apple HomeKit protocol. According to the latest statement released by the company.
Wemo is committed to offering HomeKit support to our entire line of smart home products and more details will be released soon.
As we can in the statement, the company does not offer information on when it plans to offer this compatibility. Keep in mind that lhe integration of third-party devices with HomeKit requires specific hardware components, accessories that cannot be replaced by software or firmware modifications.
Thus devices that the company has sold so far will never be compatible with the Apple HomeKit protocol unless Apple changes the requirements, which is highly unlikely if not impossible. Belkin has not disclosed how it will make its current devices compatible with HomeKit, but it appears that it does not intend to launch new models that will force current users to renew its product line if they want to be compatible with HomeKit.
Currently Belkin's Wemo product line can be controlled together through a dedicated application that we can find in the App Store. We do not know if Belkin's announcement is optimistic but if he trusts Apple to change the requirements of HomeKit compatible devices you will need to put a few candles.
The only reason Apple might consider changing the requirements would be if the big manufacturers of connected devices put pressure, something that at the moment does not seem to happen.
