The Gardena small garden watering system promised HomeKit compatibility in the first quarter of the year, and has now made good on that promise …
Macerkopf says that it has been beta-testing HomeKit support since the end of last year.
Four products get the update:
- Smart Water Control
- Smart sensor
- Smart Irrigation Control
- Smart Power external socket
In addition to Siri control, HomeKit support means that you can now have integrated scenes, like switching on external lighting and automatically watering the garden at sunset.
Apple recently announced that some smart TVs are also getting HomeKit support, with a developer previewing what will be possible.
Interestingly, you can also rename the inputs — so HDMI 1 could be labelled as ‘Cable’ or ‘Xbox’ instead. Right now, you can only use Siri voice commands to turn the TV on or off. Hopefully, in a future beta seed you can change inputs with your voice too, using those custom names you picked […]
Finally, we get confirmation that Smart TVs will be able to participate in HomeKit automations. You will be able to make a nighttime movie scene that dims the lights, turns on the TV and switches input all at once.
