[UPDATE – checked out our HomeBridge tutorial for a guide on exactly how to set it up with SmartThings as well as Siri]

As companies decide wether or not to support Apple’s HomeKit, here’s an open source software application bridge that might bring your existing wise house set into the 21st Century.

Homebridge is a lightweight NodeJS server you can run on your house network that emulates the iOS HomeKit API. It supports Plugins, which are community-contributed modules that offer a fundamental bridge from HomeKit to different 3rd-party APIs offered by producers of “smart home” devices.

Since Siri supports gadgets added with HomeKit, this implies that with Homebridge you can ask Siri to manage gadgets that don’t have any type of support for HomeKit at all. For instance, utilizing just a few of the offered plugins, you can say:

Siri, unlock the front door.
Siri, open the garage door.
Siri, turn on the coffee maker.
Siri, turn on the living space lights.
Siri, great morning!

There are already lots of Homebridge plugins available to link with systems like Philips Hue, Nest, Lifx, Fibaro HC2, Sonos, KNX as well as Indigo. when linked you can manage your setup with Siri or a HomeKit compatible app…

HomeKit is really not an app; it’s a “database” similar to HealthKit as well as PassKit. however where HealthKit has the buddy health and wellness app as well as PassKit has Passbook, Apple has supplied no app for managing your HomeKit database (at least not yet). However, the HomeKit API is open for designers to compose their own apps for adding gadgets to HomeKit.

Fortunately, there are now a few apps in the app store that can handle your HomeKit devices. the most extensive one I’ve utilized is MyTouchHome which costs $2. There are likewise some totally free apps that work OK. try Insteon+ or Lutron or a number of others.

Checkout the link below to download Homebridge or join the team.

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github.com  :  HomeKit Explained

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