To understand everything about HomeKit: our file and selection of sockets, switches, sensors, lamps, cameras

HomeKit, it is this ecosystem proposed by Apple for theconnected home. HomeKit compatible accessories can be found on iPhone and iPad, in the appMaison, but also on the side ofSirito control or interrogate the house by voice.

For all this to work, the accessories to be controlled must ensure thesupport de HomeKit.They display the “HomeKit” label after Apple certification.

For the uninitiated, diving into the HomeKit environment can seem intimidating. In practice, this is the strength of this system nestled in iOS, it is rather simple and within everyone's reach. To guide you and get started, we have put togetherseveral folders around HomeKit, including a main one allowing you to grasp the basics:

• File: Getting started, what is HomeKit?

With these sections:

• What devices and accessories can you use HomeKit?
• How to use HomeKit outside the home?
• What accessories to take advantage of HomeKit
• Which apps to take advantage of HomeKit
• How to use HomeKit with Siri

Secondly, it is about knowing the differentcompatible accessoriesand available from us! The answer lies insept new specific pageslaunched this week oniPhon.fr:

List of HomeKit compatible accessories, organized by category:

• HomeKit-compatible plugs and power strips: brings together HomeKit accessories that allow you to control the on or off status of an electrical device from iPhone and iPad

• HomeKit video cameras: to monitor a specific location in your home remotely on video, sometimes with live streaming, night vision and even motion detection.

• HomeKit bulbs and lamps: everything related to the lights in your home, to be controlled via HomeKit, bulbs, garden lamps, sockets, etc.

• HomeKit switches: accessories for launching HomeKit commands without an iPhone or iPad, but also transforming a wall switch into a HomeKit switch, that's all you'll find in this file.

• Sensors (air, weather) HomeKit: to find all the information on temperature, air quality, humidity level, etc. in Homekit compatible apps. for the exterior environment, but also interior. This makes it possible, for example, to launch a HomeKit scene once a temperature has been exceeded.

• HomeKit thermostats and heating: connected accessories that allow the management of central heating or a radiator, for example, on the iPhone or iPad, via Homekit apps.

• HomeKit-enabled locks: this type of accessory allows you to control the opening and closing of doors from the iPhone and even Siri, from home or remotely from home. Practical for rental accommodation for example.