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Why Apple HomeKit can be a bigger player in the smart home market

In the past few years, smart home tech has gone from a niche category to one that’s started to worm its way throughout our entire world. Apple’s HomeKit has played a part in that, but as the market becomes more advanced, Cupertino’s implementation is starting to strain at the seams.

Perhaps it’s time for a serious rethink of HomeKit: not just how it works, but the very fundamentals that have taken us this far. The good news is that there’s some evidence Apple may be headed down that

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