Apple plans to integrate HomeKit with HomePod and Apple TV with iOS 14. The next big IoT opportunities will extend beyond our smart homes. And… Smart home devices can detect early signs of dementia with behavioral data. Check out these stories and more in this week’s top smart home news for July 6, 2020.
Amazon is shutting down their Dash Wand. The company isn’t just ending support for the product, it is remotely bricking them so they can’t be used at all and asking owners to send their Wands to Amazon’s recycling program. The decision continues Amazon’s consolidation around the Echo brand for Alexa with more versatile smart speakers and smart displays instead of the more narrowly-focused Dash Wand.
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Apple announced updated features for its HomeKit smart home platform at its 2020 online World Wide Developer Conference. When the update comes to its iOS 14 mobile software this fall, Apple will recommend automation settings for HomeKit-compatible smart home devices and introduce deeper integrations between your smart home camera feed and your HomePod and your Apple TV.
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Similar to the way the smartphone disrupted how consumers interact with the online world – with everything from buying a new pair of shoes to setting up a new bank account now contained within our phone screens – IoT will have a similar effect on the interaction with objects. It’s developers who will be the key to unlocking this door.
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