When you strip away home automation to its essence, it’s about taking something you normally would buy manually and automating it. That might be turning on based on motion, time

When you strip away home automation to its essence, it’s about taking something you normally would buy manually and automating it. That might be turning on based on motion, time of day, etc. It might be able automatically raising or lowering blinds based on smart blinds based on when the sun sets. It’s about streamlining how you interact with your home. There’s no more mundane task that should be integrated into HomeKit than smart vacuums, and it’s time for Apple to support it as a HomeKit device. Read on to learn about a few smart vacuums I’ve been testing this year, and how I’d love to take the experience further with HomeKit.

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