The first Apple HomeKit products are on sale now

Apple announced HomeKit, its smart home solution, exactly a year ago and the first products are finally arriving. A pair of lighting kits from Lutron and a HomeKit-compatible hub for Insteon’s smart home system are available today, with a smart thermostat from Ecobee, a power outlet from iHome and a series of Elgato home sensors coming in July. In case the concept has slipped from your mind in the intervening 12 months, HomeKit lets companies build apps that can interact with any other hardware using the standard. Siri can also control those devices. However, you’ll need an Apple TV to help out if…

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