Apple has problems with HomeKit. Starting product for autumn moved (updated)

Under the new Fortune report, Apple changed the original release date HomeKit from May to June in August-September. However, at the WWDC show the product still can. Together with the new Apple TV, which the It has a chance become a central management device in the smart home.

update. Information about the release delay has officially denied Apple. With the publication Wall Street Journal has contacted a company spokeswoman Trudy Miller assuredThat HomeKit-gadgets to hit the market, as planned, in the next month.

"Sources close to Apple's, said that the announcement of a small place, but until the official launch will not happen. Apparently, realize a function (control lights, electronic door locks, and so on), Apple did not happen as quickly as desired. All the matter in the "bloated" code libraries. Devices running on batteries, requires too much memory to communicate with HomeKit, so Apple programmers are trying to reduce the resources used, "- the report says.

And although some companies already

announced joint projects with Apple based HomeKit, mass products are not expected in the coming months. If all the current problems will be eliminated and there will be new, to see the house, fully managed through HomeKit, it will be possible only at the beginning of autumn.

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