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Logitech’s customizable Pop buttons can now be connected to Apple’s HomeKit
Logitech’s customizable Pop buttons can now be connected to Apple’s HomeKit
The wonder of smart homes is being able to connect and
automate all your devices, but it’s still important to have physical
switches that can turn things on and off as you come and go throughout
your house.
Logitech’s Pop buttons were introduced last year
as one way to do that, and today they’re getting a major upgrade with
the addition of HomeKit support. HomeKit support is enabled through a
new Hub for the Pop buttons, which will be available exclusively through
Apple at launch.
Hooking into HomeKit expands what the buttons can do in a
huge way. They’ve always been programmable, so you can go into the Pop
app and make them send commands to a variety of different connected
devices. But they only worked with a subset of gadgets and lighting
systems until this point. Now, with HomeKit, they’re able to control any
device inside Apple’s growing smart home ecosystem.
A single Pop button can do three different actions: one
with a single press, one with a double press, and another with a long
press. That could let you set up a single button to turn devices on and
off, activate a specific command, and trigger a preset that controls
multiple devices.
It’s unfortunate that the Pop buttons require a hub,
because that makes getting started with them a bit harder than being
able to link them directly to an iPhone — a bit more expensive, too. The
hub sells for $59.95 and comes with a single button, and additional
buttons sell for $39.99. The Pop buttons aren’t changing at all as part
of this announcement, so existing units can gain HomeKit support by
being connected to one of the new hubs.
The article was published on : theverge
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