Apple is known for marketing a number of proprietary solutions, hardware¹ausoftware, which allows it to receive royalties when third-party publishers wish to use its programs. Indeed, the principle of copyright also concerns developers,and the apple company knows it well.
However, it has just published on Github a library containing portions of theHomeKit Accessory Development Kit, a database allowing manufacturers and resellers of connected objects to design devices compatible with Californian home automation software. Everyone can access it for free.
For what uses?
If individuals can take advantage of this to imagine solutions to connect their own home, it is mainly professionals who will benefit from this change. They can now work on new products aiming to be certifiedMFibefore having to get started with the paperwork: it's faster, more practical, and it coincides with the POC and MVP stages²des startups.
In a press release,Applealso announce joinGoogle, Amazon and Zigbee Alliance in a new movement advocating the creation of a more open standard for the smart home³. From there to seeing partnerships arrive, there is only one step.
According to Tim Cook's company, the stated objective of this new feature is to allow everyone to launch a product in just three months. So there is a good chance that the smart home market will continue to grow with more devicesHomeKitin the coming months.
¹hardware=computer hardware(opposed tosoftware, which concerns software)
²ThePOC(proof of concept) is a product in the prototype state, when theMVP(minimum viable product) is a product that can be sold
³smarthome= connected home
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