Early adopters of Apple’s HomeKit home automation framework tend to notice one thing early on: there’s no real UI beyond Siri. HomeKit helps bridge functionality between various smart home accessories which tend to each bear their own connected apps using Siri,but Apple hasn’t released a Home app in the same way it made Health for HealthKit.
Instead, users rely on a folder full of third-party apps from accessory makers, and some of which are better than others,or a highly functional but somewhat pricey third-party app called Home to give HomeKit the UI it needs. Today there’s a recent app on the market called Hesperus, which is free to expend and has a friendly, and customizable interface. more…
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Source: 9to5mac.com