Philips a yau ya sanar da samfurinsa na farko mai jituwa na Apple HomeKit, wanda zai fara aiki tare da Hue Bridge 2.0, wanda aka sabunta asalin Hue Bridge. Tare da Hue Bridge 2.0, layinku na fitilu Philips Hue suna da ikon yin aiki tare da dandamali na aikin kai tsaye na gidan Apple, yana ba da damar dukkan kwararan fitila na Hue da za a iya sarrafa su tare da umarnin murya na Siri, don haka bayar da ƙwarewar haɗin kai na musamman tsakanin gida da na'urorin Apple.
Za'a iya amfani da umarni kamar "Kunna fitilun ja" don takamaiman launuka, yayin da umarni kamar "Saita fitilar zuwa kashi 30 cikin dari" za'a iya amfani dasu don rage hasken wuta. Wuraren haske a wadace a cikin aikace-aikacen Philips Hue yanzu ana iya kunna su ta amfani da Siri. Tare da haɗin HomeKit, za a iya sarrafa dukkan kayan fitilu tare da umarni ɗaya. Duk da yake yawancin aikace-aikacen HomeKit suna tallafawa wasu samfuran HomeKit, aikace-aikacen Hue Bridge 2.0 zaiyi aiki daban. Ana iya amfani dashi don sarrafa layin Hue na fitilu kuma saita takamaiman wuraren haske, amma ba zai iya haɗa wasu kayayyakin HomeKit ba. Yankunan hasken Hue zasu kasance a cikin wasu aikace-aikacen HomeKit, duk da haka idan zai yiwu a haɗa fitilun Hue tare da wasu samfuran, ta amfani da umarni don yin abubuwa kamar buɗe ƙofa da kunna fitilu a lokaci guda.
Eric Rondolat, Shugaban Kamfanin Philips Lighting ya ce, "Wutar Lantarki ita ce hanyar da ta fi dacewa ta gida mai hade, kuma kamar yadda hasken da ya dace da Intanet ya kasance sabuwar makoma, muna daukar hasken da ke hade zuwa mataki na gaba. "Ta hanyar haɗa Philips Hue tare da Apple HomeKit, muna faɗaɗa ƙwarewar haske fiye da abin da ya kasance a baya, kuma hakan yana samar da hulɗa tare da wasu na'urorin gida da ke haɗe da hanyar sadarwar."
Sabon Hue Bridge 2.0 yayi kama da Bridge Bridge na yanzu, amma yana da murabba'i kamar Apple TV ta amfani da ƙaramin fili a cikin gidan ku. Tare da sabon Hue Bridge 2.0, Philips yana gabatar da sabon saiti na fitilu. Sabbin fitila na Hue suna da ɗan haske a 800 lumens maimakon 600 lumens. Ba za a sabunta asalin Bridge Bridge ba tare da daidaituwa ta HomeKit saboda ba ta da kayan aikin da ake buƙata, amma Philips yana shirin ci gaba da tallafawa tare da sabunta software. Masu asalin Bridges na ainihi zasu buƙaci siyan Hue Bridge 2,0 don samun damar HomeKit, amma zasu karɓi ragin $ 20 ** akan samfurin. Sabuwar Hue Bridge 2.0 tana da $ 60 **. Cikakken kayan wuta tare da sabbin kwararan wuta da sabuwar Hue Bridge ana farashin su $ 200 **.
** Farashi na iya bambanta ya danganta da ƙasar siye.
