Apple smart house vs. Google smart house, which one do you want to live in?
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Apple brought us many surprises at the WWDC 2014 conference, one of which was the creation of the HomeKit platform, officially announcing its participation in the wave of the smart home revolution. With this platform, users can use their iPhone to control their homes, from door locks to lights to home appliances such as thermostats and refrigerators. By allowing developers to build on the HomeKit platform, Apple hopes that the iPhone and iPad can become a hub for smart home products to "talk to each other." In the field of technology, when Apple makes a move, we can't help but think: What about Google? As a world-renowned giant company, although Google has not yet announced any plans for a similar network, we also know that it must have its eyes on home automation. Recently, Google spent $3.2 billion to acquire Nest, a smart thermostat and smart fire alarm company, and there are reports that Google is also trying to acquire the startup Dropcam, a company that makes WiFi cameras that can record videos and send them to the cloud for sharing. From this point of view, it is clear that Google has big plans in the smart home industry. Since both technology giants are interested in this field, they will compete on compatibility, convenience and the overall concept around home automation. Apple has always had its own set of things and will not provide software outside the "system". Just like iCloud, iMessage and Maps, which can only be used in Apple devices, the company seems to want to "lock" the smart home experience in its own "garden". Frank Gillett, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester, told Mashable: "Apple's move is simple, symbolic and strategic, and it is very important for home automation. Google (not Android) will eventually have to cooperate with it." Although Apple hopes that third-party providers and manufacturers will join HomeKit, consumers need to choose whether they want an Apple-centric home. If there are children in the family who use Samsung Galaxy phones, doesn't this isolate some people from experiencing smart homes? So will Google and Apple work perfectly and be compatible with each other in the future? This is a question. "In the next few months, devices will be compatible with Bluetooth low energy, and the whole system will develop rapidly, but in the end, consumers will lose support for other platforms, such as Android and Windows, on some mobile devices," said Radek Tadajewski, CEO of smart home device manufacturer OORT. "Family members are not all on one platform, and people are not locked into a single platform. For example, I like Apple products, but my wife is determined not to replace her Samsung Galaxy, and my mother is also a loyal supporter of the Android camp." Currently, there are more than 200 million iPhone and iPad users with iOS 7, but there are more users who use Android and Windows systems, and they may not be able to use Apple's HomeKit in the future. Tadajewski added: "Everyone can only wait for a universal cross-platform solution, and Apple's essence is to let consumers choose a platform and force all family members to use it." Although the industry has been discussing the arrival of the so-called "Internet of Things" soon, experts believe that it will take at least 2025 for the Internet of Things to truly integrate into people's daily lives. A closed system means that developers still need to spend time and resources to develop products that can run on multiple systems, just as they have been struggling with iOS and Android for many years. The platform "war" will continue in the smart home field, and the "harm" to developers or consumers is exactly the same. In any case, it is now obvious that Apple is serious about smart homes and has planned a "big change" that can really affect our daily lives. In this way, Google is already a step behind. Let's wait and see this new "war". Dear friends, an "Apple home" and a "Google home", which one do you choose? As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity. |
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