In 2014, Apple developed an operating system with which you can manage all the devices in your smart home. Thanks to the application called Casa, which you can find in the App Store, you will be able to control everything that happens both in your home and in your second residence from your iPhone or iPad. For this, you will only have to synchronize the devices that you have bought to the app and with that you will be able to manage them as you please. There are a lot of gadgets with which you can make your home a smart home.
Depending on what you want to do more intelligently, the outlay you make will be greater or less, but it is always recommended start small, to learn how to get good performance out of applications. If you want to start using this type of device, it is best to start with something simple, such as lights, to gradually add more things, such as regulating the temperature or locks.
Reasons that increase the price of these accessories
Although you have many manufacturers to buy home automation accessories, the price is usually much higher than for other home automation operating systems. There are several reasons why the price can go up, one of them is that for products to be compatible with HomeKit, they have to go through a parallel testing phase. Another reason that makes the price of the products higher is that Apple has agreements with some brands, but it does not reach as many as other software of this type. This makes the market somewhat smaller, there are fewer products to buy and therefore their price rises.
Another cause of the high price is that to use HomeKit it is necessary to have a “central device”. It could be an iPad, a HomePod, or an Apple TV. For everything to work perfectly, the device you choose as the central device must always be connected to your home Wi-Fi network, otherwise it won’t work. It should be added that HomeKit compatible devices have a higher cost than other similar products because they need to go through a development and certification phase. These types of processes have a cost for the company, which is reflected in the final price of the product.
Although it may be more expensive, if you have Apple devices in your home, it is a good option since it will be easier for you to integrate all the devices and unify them all so that it is easier for you to use them. There are more and more different brands that offer HomeKit compatibility, so the price will go down as there is more supply.
