AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content.
In this week’s episode of HomeKit Insider, we discuss new HomeKit products coming from Nanolead and Philips Hue, take a look at Belkin’s new MagSafe solution, and tease a guest for next week’s episode.
Apple released iOS 15.3 this past week and it was largely an unexciting update. It does however enable one smart home feature, which is enabling Siri to recognize up to six voices in additional countries.
Nanoleaf also announced a new partnership with Hafa to create a smart mirror that integrates the company’s lighting tech into a traditional mirror. It will work with HomeKit, but Thread support is still up in the air.
Signify’s Philips Hue brand expanded with a trio of new outdoor lighting solutions, building smart lights into exterior sconces.
While not HomeKit, we also went hands-on with the new Belkin BoostCharge Wireless Charging Pad with MagSafe. We decided we love the product, but the price is hard to stomach.
Since the last episode, Stephen’s Thread-enabled Wemo Stage arrived and he shared his initial feedback and how he’s using it to trigger a music scene on HomePod.
Links from the show
Keep up with everything Apple in the weekly AppleInsider Podcast — and get a fast news update from AppleInsider Daily. Just say, “Hey, Siri,” to your HomePod mini and ask for these podcasts, and our latest HomeKit Insider episode too.
If you want an ad-free main AppleInsider Podcast experience, you can support the AppleInsider podcast by subscribing for $5 per month through Apple’s Podcasts app, or via Patreon if you prefer any other podcast player.
Source link
