All of Tuesday’s best deals are now up for grabs following the holiday weekend. Available this time around, Apple’s latest 12.9-inch M2 iPad Pro returns to the all-time low for one of the first times at $1,000. You can also save up to $109 on Apple’s latest iPad mini 6 at the best prices of the year to pair with the very first offer on Philips Hue’s new portable Go Table Lamp at $136. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. more… The post Deals: 12.9-inch M2 iPad Pro now $99 off, iPad mini 6 from $400, Philips Hue HomeKit gear from $20, more appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Matter gets upgraded with bug fixes, more new smart home devices are announced, and we test the new Eve Flare on this week's Homekit Insider podcast.HomeKit InsiderIt was an unusually busy week in the smart home space with several new products aiming to hit the market before WWDC announcements take over the news cycle. That also includes the release of an improved version of Matter, the platform that will allow users to mix and match devices between HomeKit and other smart home platforms. Read more...

Matter is the new solution to all our smart home compatibility problems, right? That’s what we’ve been told, and that’s what we want to happen, right? Open stands on everything related to technology are preferable, but sometimes, new standards take years to mature. That’s what we’re seeing with Matter. We’re even seeing brands like back away from Matter support as well. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been testing a product called , and it’s one of the most interesting smart home concepts I’ve tried in some time. more… The post HomeKit Weekly: Is the Homey Bridge the product Apple should have released instead of supporting Matter? appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Popular home security kit maker Abode is out with a new offering today, the “Adobe Security Kit.” It arrives as the most affordable option from the company to protect your home. However, one of the compromises to hit the entry-level price was forgoing HomeKit support – which comes with the mid-tier and flagship Iota All-In-One Kit, Smart Security Kit, and Standalone Smart Hub. more… The post Abode launches its most affordable home security system; HomeKit saved for flagship models appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Macworld Each year Apple releases a major update for iOS, the operating system on your iPhone. The current version, released last year, is iOS 16, and it doesn’t take a genius to predict that 2023 will see the launch of iOS 17. This free software update will bring a raft of interface tweaks, bug fixes, and new features. It’s like getting a new iPhone without paying a penny. In this article, we discuss everything you need to know about iOS 17. We cover its release schedule and when you can expect the beta and final versions to come out; how to get it when it does; the models of iPhone that are likely to be able to run iOS; and…

The company's first product to support the Matter standard lets it work with HomeKit for the first time. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)