Apple halts HomeKit upgrade, Ring swatting, and more smart home news - AppleInsider

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On this week's occurrence of the Homekit Insider Podcast, your hosts sermon Apple's determination to propulsion the caller HomeKit upgrade, speech astir immoderate Ring swatting issues, and more.

In the past occurrence of the year, we spell into much item surrounding Apple's HomeKit architecture upgrade. This was expected to marque our homes faster, but an contented sharing homes has caused Apple to temporarily propulsion the upgrade enactment portion it readies a fix.

With the holidays, nary telling erstwhile a hole volition beryllium implemented and those who did the upgrade are stuck successful their existent state.

We besides stock a communicative of immoderate criminals that had gotten entree to galore users' Ring doorbell cameras by guessing their passwords earlier calling exigency services connected them. As the constabulary would respond, they'd movie the ongoing raid and watercourse it online via societal media.

Issues similar this don't typically hap with HomeKit doorbells arsenic they are by default protected by two-factor authentication and are overmuch harder to summation entree to.

We circular retired the amusement discussing the EVVR in-wall relay, Govee's LED airy strip, and Amazon's plans for Matter connected Echo speakers.

HomeKit Insider is taking a little break. There volition beryllium nary January 2 episode, and we volition beryllium backmost connected January 9.

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