The new SHaaS solution from newcomer OliverIQ launched by Control4 co-founders Will West and Eric Smith provides 24/7 support access, embedded software, hub device, and a robust app.
Kantech, from Tyco Security Products, creates the first Apple Watch access control credential with the EntraPass Go Pass mobile app.
The smart home device provider’s smart lock already supports HomeKit. The doorbell cam will also support Siri voice commands.
Software would detect fire, alert user and contact authorities.
Research firm Citigroup predicts that self-serve security solutions from tech firms like Google and Apple will make up 62.5 percent of the home security market in 20 years.
A new report suggests Apple is looking into developing a new solution for moving its Touch ID fingerprint sensor to the display itself.
One of the new apps for the Apple Smart Watch is Alarm.com’s home security system’s control.
As the new iPhone launches with a mobile payment app and a fingerprint recognition reader, a Web site has complied a directory of publicly traded companies that play in the biometrics field.
The Open Interconnect Consortium looks to deliver a specification, an open source implementation, and a certification program for wirelessly connecting devices.
While Apple’s 2014 WWDC press conference covered some exciting operating system updates, it seemed that talk of the firm’s home automation technology proved to be nothing more than a tease of a platform that may or may not ever see the light of day.