INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Apple has released an open-source version of the HomeKit Accessory Development Kit
You can now fork it on GitHub and play around with it to integrate smart home devices in the Home app and beyond.
Today news is related to
the Connected Home over IP effort, an industry-wide effort to build an open-source standard for the internet of things
Essentially, Apple, Amazon, Google, the Zigbee Alliance and smart home manufacturers want to work together so that accessories work
everywhere.
Amazon, Apple, Google and Zigbee join forces for an open smart home standard
HomeKit is lagging behind, although Apple arrived
early in the connected home space
A ton of accessories now work with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, but you can control very few accessories with Siri, as HomeKit
adoption has been slow.
By open-sourcing HomeKit, Apple hopes that more smart home manufacturers will try to integrate HomeKit in their
Everything has been released under the Apache 2.0 license.
As Next INpact noticed, if you want to release a HomeKit-compatible accessory,
you still have to work with Apple to get a certification
And of course, manufacturers that work with Apple directly could potentially access unreleased features before they&re unveiled at
WWDC.
Developers have already reverse-engineered HomeKit to add HomeKit compatibility to more devices with the Homebridge project
Now let see if it leads to more cool projects to make it easier to control your connected objects from your iPhone, iPad and other Apple
