Nge-iOS 8 kusese-beta, ukufinyelela kwi-HomeKit ngaphakathi kohlelo lokusebenza kunqunyelwe, kanye nokuntuleka kwezicelo ezivela eceleni kwenza kube nzima ukuhlola. Kepha lokho akukuvimbi USiri usevele uphendula eminye imiyalo ihlobene ne-HomeKit, i-Apple home automation.
Okwamanje, abasebenzisi bangakwazi khipha ama-oda njengoba «khiya umnyango wangaphambili"Noma"khanyisa amalambu asekhishini«. Ngaphandle kokwenza lolu hlobo lomyalo, izokwazi nokuhlinzeka ngesimo sezinto ezisendlini, isazise uma sishiya umnyango uvulekile sisebenzisa ukuphathwa kombuzo «Ngiwushiye umnyango uvulekile?»
Okwamanje, kungekho zinhlelo zokusebenza ezivela eceleni, USiri umane aphendule ngephuthar«Uxolo, ngizamile kodwa kwehlulekile.»
Njengoba i-Apple ichaza imininingwane ye- izinsizakalo ezizohlanganisa i-HomeKit sahlangana no; iminyango yegaraji, amalambu, izingidi zeminyango, ama-thermostats, izilawuli zekhamera ye-IP nokunye okuningi. Lezi izesekeli ngazinye zizoba nezici ezihlukile njengesimo sebhethri, isimo sokukhiya, ukukhanya, nezinga lokushisa lamanje.
Umgomo we-HomeKit unify futhi wenze lula ukulawula izesekeli okwasekhaya, kodwa I-Apple ngeke ikwenze ngohlelo lokusebenza oluzinikele. Esikhundleni salokho, onjiniyela kuzodingeka bakhethe amathuluzi avela eceleni noma bazakhele awabo ukulawula lezi zesekeli, okuthi uma kuthuthuka ukuthi lezi zinhlelo zizokwazi bopha ku-Siri ukunika amandla ukulawula okuhlangene futhi ngaphandle kwesidingo sokukhetha ngesandla izinhlelo zokusebenza nezilungiselelo.
Unalokhu engqondweni, i-Apple inikeze abathuthukisi ikhono lokudala nokuchaza izigaba zabo zokufinyelela. «Asifuni i-HomeKit evinjelwe. Sifuna I-HomeKit idala izinto ezintsha futhi ikhuthaza ubuqambi", Uthe UKevin McLaughlin, Umqondisi we-Apple wobunjiniyela be-software, ekwethulweni kwe-HomeKit eWWDC ekuqaleni kwenyanga.
Enye into eyenziwe yi-Apple kulo msebenzi ukufinyelela okukude, okungukuthi, abasebenzisi ngeke baze babe kunethiwekhi efanayo ye-WiFi ukufinyelela nokulawula izesekeli zakho ze-HomeKit. Iphinde inikezwe nge ukubethela kokuphela kokuphela phakathi kwamadivayisi we-iOS nezinsiza. Yini enye, I-HomeKit API idinga ukuthi izinhlelo zokusebenza ezisetshenziswayo zibe ngaphambili, ngakho-ke umsebenzisi wazi kahle ukuthi yiluphi uhlelo lokusebenza olulawula amadivayisi abo.