I-Apple ihlanza izitolo zayo futhi isiqala ukuyeka ukuthengisa imikhiqizo leyo unganikeli ukuhambisana kwe-HomeKit. Yize emaphuzwini angukhiye okugcina enkampani singabonanga ukuthi indawo ezisebenzelayo yasekhaya inikezwe ukugqama okukhulu, iqiniso ukuthi asikwazi ukukhipha umthetho wokuthi unyaka we-2016 ngunyaka lapho ukuvuselelwa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza kugxile ekusiletheleni izindaba lo mnyango.
Ngakho-ke, ngalesi sikhathi asisakwazi ukuthola okhiye ababili bakagesi inkampani abathengise ezikhungweni zayo nakuwebhusayithi yayo eku-inthanethi. Imayelana ne- Agasti Smart Lock neKwikset Kevo Wireless-Enikwe amandla Deadbolt. Akukho neyodwa yale mikhiqizo emibili ebonise ukuhlanganiswa kwe-HomeKit. Ziyizikhiye zikagesi ezixhuma kuma-iPhones ethu nge-Bluetooth.
Akekho okhulumela i-Apple oqinisekisile ukuthi le mikhiqizo emibili ikhunjulwe ngoba ayinayo i-HomeKit, kodwa iqiniso lokuthi inkampani iyaqhubeka nokumaketha ingidi I-Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt, efaka i-HomeKit, kubonakala sengathi iqinisekisa izindaba.
Omunye umkhiqizo i-Apple eyeke ukumaketha ukushintsha Belkin WeMo.
I-Apple ifuna ukugxila kwi-automation yasekhaya ehambelana nemvelo yayo yingakho ihoxise le mikhiqizo. Ngethemba ukuthi unyaka we-2016 inkampani iqala ukunika amandla i-HomeKit nazo zonke izesekeli ezihambisanayo.