Apple places the iPhone at the center of the smart home

As was widely rumored in the weeks running up to the event, Apple unveiled something called HomeKit at the World Wide Developers Conference on Monday that will help developers build integrated smart and connected home products. Senior vice president of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi said that the company has been working with the leaders in home automation to create the system. This could mean employing the fingerprint scanner in the latest iPhone – because Apple is finally giving other companies access to it.

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