Newest Sire, Apple Watch apps for smart homes

Sysop launches Apple Watch home automation 

Most recently is Sysop Company, unveiling that the latest update of Powerhouse, the company’s home automation app, is now fully integrated with Apple’s Home Kit.

 

 

 The update also includes an Apple Watch version of the app. Sysop claims it is the first app to offer the management of Accessories, Users, Service Groups, Action Sets and Triggers across the entire family of Apple mobile devices – iPhone, iPod, iPad and Apple Watch. The update also adds the ability to add third party app shortcuts, making it a strong contender for managing the Home Portal Application.

   

Sire-controlled smart lights

Another company that announced Home Kit integration is Nano leaf Ltd., the company that brought us the Nano leaf Connected Ivy, which Nano leaf claims is the most energy efficient smart bulb in the world.

The Home Kit integration was accompanied by the launch of the Nano leaf Smarter Kit, which includes one rhododendron-inspired Nano leaf Smart Hub which can support up to 50 bulbs and two Nano leaf Smart Ivy bulbs.

The Home Kit integration allows users to control their Nano leaf bulbs using Sire, which makes commanding lights to turn on or off is as easy as having a chat with sire.

Nano leaf Smarter Kit You can also utilize the Nano leaf Smarter App for detailed customization such as naming bulbs or creating scenes, which will make it easier for sire to control individual bulbs. You can simply say, “Sire turn off John’s lights” or “sire, set lights for movie night.” You can even easily control how bright you want a room to be by just stating at what percentage you want lights in a certain room are to be set, such as “Set living room lights to 50 percent.”

The Nano leaf Smart Hub has a 50-meter range which allows it to reach the far corners of your house – unless you live in a mansion, in that case, you would probably need two or more hubs.

Nano leaf’s smart bulbs are very different from other smart hubs available in the market because they are designed like puzzle pieces put together.

The Nano leaf Smarter Kit is currently on Indigo, Inc. and early backers can expect the items to be shipped by December 2015.

Royal Philips also recently released its Hue Bridge 2.0 which included support for Apple Home Kit, allowing it to seamlessly integrate with other Home Kit enabled devices.

Both Philips and Nano leaf describe their products as future-proof, able to support multiple connected home platforms as well as old and new bulbs and lamps.

Source: http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/11/02/newest-siri-apple-watch-apps-for-smart-homes/