So i understand the confusion here. The"home" app that you see on your IOS 10 beta devices is an application that allows you to easily interact with all devices that support home kit. It used to be that you had to access every application for each of your home kit devices. For example, you would have an application for your door locks, and another application for your lights, then maybe a third application for your coffee maker. The "home" app found in IOS 10 combines all of these services into one location, kind of like the"health" app, which can obtain data from other applications and put it into one centralized location. "Home" will now allow you to quickly turn on your lights, unlock your doors, and start the coffee pot, all from one location now instead of having to open each of those applications.
Hopefully that provide some clarification for people who are confused on why they don't see the "home" app on their earlier devices, however be assured that home kit has been around for a while, it's just now starting to hit mainstream though. Pratik Patil wrote an article called "Apple's homekit explained : All you need to know ! on Next thinkerz” back in 2015: http://www.nextthinkerz.com/2015/06/apples-homekit-explained-all-you-need.html <http://www.nextthinkerz.com/2015/06/apples-homekit-explained-all-you-need.html> and another article posted on fast Company: "Why Apple HomeKit Seems Boring Right Now” may be worth your read as well. http://www.fastcompany.com/3062760/tim-cooks-apple/why-apple-homekit-seems-boring-right-now <http://www.fastcompany.com/3062760/tim-cooks-apple/why-apple-homekit-seems-boring-right-now> Hopefully this is helped with the clarification, make it an amazing Wednesday *** Michael Babcock Consulting Blind entrepreneurs on digital marketing Your Own Pay <http://yourownpay.com/> Lets Connect On Twitter @payown <http://twitter.com/payown/> Or facebook Consulting with Michael Babcock <http://facebook.com/mrmbabcock> > On Aug 17, 2016, at 6:03 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > That's kind a what I thought too, but ok, yeah... I don't clame to know > everything. > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > clgillan...@gmail.com <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com> > Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Simon Fogarty <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com> >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 6:36 AM >> Subject: RE: Smart thermostat with Amazon Alexa >> >> I thought it was only from IOS 10 upwards, >> >> I know it’s not showing on my iPod touch 6 which is running ios 9x but is on >> my phone running beta 10 >> >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark >> Gilland >> Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 3:35 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: Smart thermostat with Amazon Alexa >> >> OK, I stand corrected then, thanks for the heads up, and my apology. >> --- >> Christopher Gilland >> JAWS Certified, 2016. >> Training Instructor. >> >> clgillan...@gmail.com <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com> >> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Michael Babcock <mailto:mich...@yourownpay.com> >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 11:27 PM >>> Subject: Re: Smart thermostat with Amazon Alexa >>> >>> no home kit is an IOS9 feature: >>> http://www.apple.com/ios/homekit/ <http://www.apple.com/ios/homekit/> >>> >>> *** >>> Michael Babcock >>> Consulting Blind entrepreneurs on digital marketing >>> Your Own Pay <http://yourownpay.com/> >>> Lets Connect On Twitter >>> @payown <http://twitter.com/payown/> >>> Or facebook >>> Consulting with Michael Babcock <http://facebook.com/mrmbabcock> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 7:15 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >>>> <clgillan...@gmail.com <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I don't think homekit is available yet unless you have iOS 10, which we >>>> cannot discuss here. Someone correct me on the former of those two facts, >>>> if I'm wrong. >>>> --- >>>> Christopher Gilland >>>> JAWS Certified, 2016. >>>> Training Instructor. >>>> >>>> clgillan...@gmail.com <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com> >>>> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ben J. Bloomgren" >>>> <ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com <mailto:ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com>> >>>> To: "'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:40 PM >>>> Subject: Smart thermostat with Amazon Alexa >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> My family recently got an Ecobee Smart thermostat. It turns out that we >>>> did not get the correct version to work with Apple HomeKit. However, I >>>> fear that it works with Amazon Alexa. Has anybody on here used this or >>>> similar smart thermostat with Alexa for iOS? 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