First of all, our brain makes up this kind of scene: After exhausting the power of the original you dragging your tired body to go home from work, when you arrive home, you do not have to move to the switch to open the appliance as usual. Instead, you just need a Gejo lying, pick up the phone and tell Siri "I'm back." Then the lights in the home will automatically light up, the curtains will open, and the air conditioning will begin to work. This kind of life is not very comfortable?
This is not a dream. It is a new life that Apple woven for us. The time is set in the near future. In 2014, Apple launched the HomeKit suite and officially entered the field of smart home. However, after two years of brewing, Apple found itself lacking an effective central hub.
However, Apple who is good at solving problems will immediately change this with iOS 10. It is reported that Apple will bring us a new Home application. This application will become the control center of the smart home, and users can complete all-round control of home products in the application. This converged application will lead Apple into a new era, and the original way of handling each product with one application is awkward.
For Apple, this is definitely a big step, and its significance is equally important for the entire smart home industry. After seeing the demonstration of the Home application, you will find that Apple still continues its easy-to-use tradition and minimizes the cost of learning for users.
Apple's Home application is divided into three columns: Home, Rooms, and Automation. In the Home column, Apple provides users with an overview of HomeKit settings. It will list the devices and usage scenarios that you use most often, and the user's presets for different environments will also be displayed. In the Rooms column, you will see how your smart home device is distributed in each room.
The most interesting is the Automation column, where you can set the auto-trigger button. For example, if you drive home, the Home app will communicate geographic information with your iPhone at any time. When it finds your car is approaching, it will automatically open the garage door, which is extremely convenient.
With the Home application, Apple is building a new smart home platform, which is like a small jacket, and it knows what we want at any time. Although it doesn't look cool enough to open the door automatically, it is indeed one of the trends in the future. However, if you want to use a Home application, it is not that simple. First of all, you have to perform a full upgrade of your home device.
From the latest Home application, we also see the future of Siri. Right now, Siri can only be regarded as an auxiliary function on the iPhone, but in the past few years we obviously can feel the intention of Apple to push it to all-round. Siri has now entered our body through Apple Watch and captured our living room through Apple TV. This fall it will also attack our office through the Mac. In the future it will become our digital steward. At the stage when human interaction is about to move toward voice control, Apple’s strategy is very clear.
Of course, Apple still has a long way to go in promoting smart homes. Right now, only 36% of Americans are interested in this technology, and 22% of users think this technology will become the future trend. In addition, Apple's opponents are also powerful. Amazon and Google have already taken a step forward in the smart home field. In addition, because Apple does not have related products, it is difficult to use its brand strength, and it takes a lot of effort to integrate the entire system built on third-party products.
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