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Best Apple Home and HomeKit Amazon Big Prime Day Deals

Amazon will give customers another Prime Day access and it will run from 6th to 7th October 2025. Some deals will last until stocks last. While others, known as “lightning offers”, lasting for a limited time. We will keep updating this…

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Remembering Steve Jobs, 15 Years On

Fifteen years ago, on October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died at the age of just 56. It still feels strange writing that it has been 15 years, particularly because so much of what Jobs helped create continues to influence the technology I use…

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Apple could be preparing one of the biggest expansions of Apple Home

Apple could be preparing one of the biggest expansions of HomeKit since the smart home platform launched in 2014. According to Bloomberg, Apple is developing a broader smart home ecosystem built around its new Siri AI, while also working…

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Three New Apple Smart Home Products Coming on October 13?

Apple’s long-awaited push into the smart home could finally become a reality next month, with three new products reportedly planned for October 13. The biggest announcement is expected be the long rumoured dedicated smart home display.…

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Homey retires HomeKit Experiment integration

Homey has announced that it will discontinue its HomeKit Experiment, which currently allows users to expose devices connected to Homey directly to Apple Home. The feature was originally introduced as an experimental way of bringing Homey…

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SwitchBot Launches RGBICWW Light Bars with Matter and Apple Home Support

SwitchBot has expanded its smart lighting range with the new RGBICWW Light Bars, offering colourful ambient lighting alongside native Matter support for Apple Home. The new Light Bars connect using Matter over Wi-Fi, meaning they can be…

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Apple could announce a new HomeOS as soon as October

Apple’s long-rumoured smart home hub could finally be getting close to launch, and it may introduce an entirely new operating system designed specifically for the home. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is developing software…

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