{"id":345073,"date":"2017-06-16T18:58:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T10:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/06\/16\/homekit-support-nest-unlikely-anytime-soon\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T18:58:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T10:58:49","slug":"homekit-support-for-nest-smart-products-unlikely-anytime-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/homekit-support-for-nest-smart-products-unlikely-anytime-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"HomeKit Support for Nest Smart Products Unlikely Anytime Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors that smart thermostat maker <a href=\"https:\/\/nest.com\/uk\/\">Nest<\/a> is considering adding Apple HomeKit support to its product range appear to be premature, according to a report on Thursday. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/17\/06\/15\/report-claims-nest-open-to-homekit-compatibility-new-info-suggests-move-not-imminent\">AppleInsider<\/a><\/em> spoke to a Nest employee who apparently confirmed there are &#8220;no immediate plans&#8221; to support Apple&#8217;s smart home platform and &#8220;no roadmap&#8221; for such a migration.<\/p>\n<p>The rumors were apparently stoked by Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/06\/08\/apple-opens-up-homekit-platform-to-developers\/\">announcement<\/a> at the Worldwide Developers Conference that it has taken steps to make it easier for third parties to integrate the smart home platform into their devices, followed by a comment recently attributed to Nest that it would &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2017\/06\/15\/nest-apple-homekit-siri-software-authentication-update-ios-11\/\">consider HomeKit<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2016\/07\/nest-thermostat-800x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"472\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-513285\"\/><br \/>At the present time, HomeKit-enabled smart products require a hardware authentication chip to make them compatible with Apple&#8217;s Made-For-iPhone program. At WWDC, however, Apple said it was updating its specification so that smart products won&#8217;t have to include a hardware chip and will be able to authenticate through software instead. The news sparked suggestions that some older products could theoretically be upgraded to support HomeKit using a firmware upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>HomeKit has enjoyed fairly wide support among smart gadget manufacturers, but the Google-owned Nest brand has never been on that list. Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2015\/07\/23\/apple-no-longer-selling-nest-products\/\">removed Nest products<\/a> from its stores in 2015 shortly after the first HomeKit-compatible products became available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Nest owners needn&#8217;t completely give up hope for HomeKit support, as manufacturers have occasionally added the standard to products via upgrades well after they have come to market. Add to that Apple&#8217;s looser licensing and authentication restrictions for HomeKit and it&#8217;s not impossible that Nest will come around to the platform one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors that smart thermostat maker Nest is considering adding Apple HomeKit support to its product range appear to be premature, according to a report on Thursday. AppleInsider spoke to a Nest employee who apparently confirmed there are &#8220;no immediate plans&#8221; to support Apple&#8217;s smart home platform and &#8220;no roadmap&#8221; for such a migration. 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