Elgato Smart home product

Last week I told you about HomeKit, which is Apple's framework for securely controlling multiple smart-home products - such as smart lights, door locks and shades - with your iPhone or other iOS device. I described how HomeKit uses "scenes" to control multiple smart devices at once, so a scene could lower the thermostat, turn off the lights, lower the window shades and lock the doors.

I concluded last week's column by saying that while both of the smart lighting products I'm using have their own iOS apps, I found another app I like better.

Read more: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/drmac/article/Apps-for-controlling-smart-devices-8314011.php

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