Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), today published a support document confirming that Apple TV is a hub for HomeKit, the product from Cupertino allowing the connection of smart gadgets in homes for control. More precisely, users can control themselves at Apple TV using dedicated applications and can control HomeKit compatible gadgets even when they are not at home, the Siri assistant can also be used for control.
Apple TV is necessary for people who want to control accessories HomeKit through an internet connection, the product being the one through which the gadgets are interconnected through iDevices. According to Apple, only Apple TV 3 or future versions running iOS 7 or newer software are compatible with this HomeKit control system, so Apple TV 2G is excluded.
If you have an Apple TV (3rd generation or later) with software version 7.0 or later, you can control your HomeKit-enabled accessories when you're away from home using your iOS device. Sign in with the same Apple ID on your iOS device and Apple TV, and you'll be able to use Siri commands to remotely control your accessories.
Apart from providing this information, the Apple company also lists the current gadgets compatible with the HomeKit system based on the APIs made available by it to developers, so you should quickly find something that interests you. Apple explains in its document even the ways in which HomeKit can be configured in the home and how applications can be used to control compatible accessories.
Each of the HomeKit accessories needs a special application for control, but the interesting part is that Siri can control all of them without applications if we enter the code of the devices in the applications. Apple also explains which devices can be controlled when the iDevices are locked and which can only be controlled when the iDevices are unlocked, so you have everything at your fingertips, including the commands that need to be run through Siri.
Considering that the first HomeKit devices are starting to appear on the market, it was normal for Apple to create this page and provide so many details for its new system.
