Apple’s redesigned Home app makes it easier to control all your smart home accessories — on all your Apple devices. It’s secure and protects your personal data. And with HomePod or Apple TV set up as the ultimate home hub, the new Home app unlocks the full potential of your smart home. Apple’s Home app In iOS 17, coming this fall, the Home app adds the ability for users to view up to 30 days of activity history across door locks, garage doors, alarm systems, and contact sensors. Additionally, two popular HomeKit lock features — tap to unlock and PIN codes — are now available for Matter-compatible locks, providing even more ways to connect the home. Wes Davis for The…

Illustration by Samar Haddad for The Verge My smart home journey began, like so many others, with a poorly placed light switch. My partner and I had just bought our first house, and the switch that illuminated the kitchen was in the laundry room all the way on the other side, meaning we had to wander through darkness to get to it. I hated that light switch. So what to do? Well, I could spend a bunch of money I didn’t have to hire someone to move it, try to do it myself and accidentally burn my house down with a bad wiring job, or take the plunge on a smart home. I took the path of least resistance (that’s…

Indian authorities say the country is now exporting double its previous annual number of smartphones, entirely because of the iPhone.Tim Cook in IndiaPreviously, Apple made iPhones in India at least chiefly for sale within that country. Now that it is moving iPhone production to India and away from China, it's manufacturing them for export. Read more...

Indian authorities say the country is now exporting double its previous annual number of smartphones, entirely because of the iPhone.Tim Cook in IndiaPreviously, Apple made iPhones in India at least chiefly for sale within that country. Now that it is moving iPhone production to India and away from China, it's manufacturing them for export. Read more...

Indian authorities say the country is now exporting double its previous annual number of smartphones, entirely because of the iPhone.Tim Cook in IndiaPreviously, Apple made iPhones in India at least chiefly for sale within that country. Now that it is moving iPhone production to India and away from China, it's manufacturing them for export. Read more...

One connected lock does not a smart home make. If you want to get serious with home automation, start with a smart home platform. When you first get started with home automation, you’ll quickly find that your smart gadgets do even more when they work together. Yes, it’s great that your smart lights can turn on automatically at sunset and your smart lock will lock itself, but what’s even better is saying “Good night” to a voice assistant and having the shades lower, the lights turn off, the door locks lock, and the alarm system arm. For this, you need a smart home platform. As a smart home reviewer, I am often asked which is the best platform to use.…