pvrfan
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I'm not trying to start another flame war; just passing along some information that hasn't been mentioned here.
Broadcom announced on May 4 that their SDK now fully supports Homekit.
Interestingly, the article also says such products work as a bridge:
Presumably these 'bridged' accessories also speak other protocols.
Note that Broadcom is catching up to rival Marvell who announced their support of Homekit back in March 2015.
http://www.marvell.com/company/news/pressDetail.do?releaseID=6296
As well, GE announced Homekit-compatible LED lighting products:
I suspect we'll see more announcements in the run up to Apple's WWDC in June.
Craig
Broadcom announced on May 4 that their SDK now fully supports Homekit.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2921852/broadcom-hardware-platform-gains-support-for-apples-homekit.html... the SDK for its WICED hardware platform, which allows manufacturers to build so-called smart devices that can connect to the Internet, is fully compliant with HomeKit. ...
Interestingly, the article also says such products work as a bridge:
Broadcom’s platform also works as a hardware bridge that will allow accessories without HomeKit to work with the protocol. A Bluetooth light bulb, plugged into a socket that contains WICED hardware, could be controlled with a HomeKit app.
Presumably these 'bridged' accessories also speak other protocols.
Note that Broadcom is catching up to rival Marvell who announced their support of Homekit back in March 2015.
http://www.marvell.com/company/news/pressDetail.do?releaseID=6296
As well, GE announced Homekit-compatible LED lighting products:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ge-intelligent-led-lighting-connects-with-apple-homekit-ecosystem-2015-05-04Beth Comstock, President & CEO, GE Business Innovations, today shared GE’s plans to engineer intelligent, color-changing LED lighting compatible with Apple’s HomeKit during GE’s Connected Future event, unveiling LED-enabled Intelligent Environments capabilities for cities, buildings and homes.
I suspect we'll see more announcements in the run up to Apple's WWDC in June.
Craig