HomeKit, Apple’s smart home platform, turned ten years old this September, and it’s hard not to feel like it’s been a decade of untapped potential. For years, Apple’s approach to the smart home has felt like a quiet side project — a HomePod here and an Apple TV box there have reminded us of its existence, but we’ve never seen the kind of innovation that has gone into the iPhone or iPad. However, that may finally be changing within the next couple of years as Apple gears up to take a bigger slice of the smart home market.
According to a recent Bloomberg report, the iPhone maker has shifted priorities after shelving the long-rumored Apple Car project and is now actively working on a number of smart home devices. Why is this significant? Let me explain.