| Developers: | Apple |
| Last Release Date: | December, 2019 |
| Branches: | Real Estate |
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2019: Disclosure of source codes
In December, 2019 Apple opened source codes of the platform for the smart house to captivate the market devices with its support. It is about the HomeKit Accessory Development Kit (ADK) tools.
Apple opened source codes of ADK after the company announced cooperation with Amazon, Google and Zigbee Alliance within creation and further promotion of the new standard of communication for products of the smart house — Connected Home over IP.
 | To accelerate development of the new universal standard, Apple offers open components of the set HomeKit to Accessory Development Kit (ADK). The HomeKit platform became the most extensive, powerful and safe for the smart house, it access on more than one billion iOS now - and iPadOS-devices. Created from scratch for data protection of clients, HomeKit and applications of Home are used by the innovative technologies and methods of ensuring confidentiality allowing to minimize amount of data to which any user, including Apple and also powerful safety features protecting personal information can get access. Opening source codes of the technology HomeKit, Apple will help to accelerate development of an initiative and, finally, will improve opportunities for clients — it is said on the website of Apple in the section of developers. |  |
Opening HomeKit, Apple hopes that producers of smart devices will integrate more actively HomeKit into the products. HomeKit Accessory Development Kit is released under the license Apache 2.0. All interested producers all the same should work directly with Apple to receive certification.
Apple also confirmed that the existing accessories with support of HomeKit will remain compatible to the new Connected Home over IP protocol when he is let out.[1][2]
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