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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: HA Dave on May 28, 2014, 01:03:48 PM

Title: Apple (iphone) entering the automation market?
Post by: HA Dave on May 28, 2014, 01:03:48 PM

I seen products advertised (mostly online) that claim to integrate some of the many flavors of Home Automation (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/smartthings-update-brings-you-one-step-closer-to-having-86422760284.html). 

I've been using the Melloware iPhone app to control my X10 setup for sometime... and although it's mostly just a phone-based remote controller.... I like it.

Now.... Apple seems to entering the Home Automation market (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/report-the-apple-smart-home-system-is-coming-next-week-86994617779.html) I can only assume the iPhone and ipad will become a central part of MOST HA setups if Apple jumps into HA.

I have a vision of my phone... becoming my HA computer. Right now I run a (Linux based) security video DVR, and an X10 HA PC (laptop). And... most recently a tiny little netbook-like notebook for remote access. I really like the idea of an ipad and/or phone replacing the home computer for automation. What a step into the future.

Title: Re: Apple (iphone) entering the automation market?
Post by: Brian H on May 28, 2014, 03:37:44 PM

Seems like everyone is getting into the act.
Smartlabs just announced that Microsoft in Windows 8.1 is going to be doing automation with the Insteon HUB and a Windows App.