HomeKit
Control smart home accessories and build automations from your app.
Introduced
2014
iOS 8
Kind
Framework
Runs on
Get it from
iOS
8.0+
iPadOS
8.0+
Mac Catalyst
14.0+
macOS
tvOS
10.0+
visionOS
1.0+
watchOS
2.0+
Overview
HomeKit lets apps discover, configure and control accessories in a person's home, group them into rooms and scenes, and create automations that run on their own or with Siri.
With Matter support, accessories from many ecosystems work with Apple Home, and MatterSupport and ThreadNetwork help apps set them up.
Accessories
Discover, set up and control devices.
Scenes and automations
Group actions and run them on a schedule.
Matter
Work with accessories across ecosystems.
Siri
Control the home by voice.
History
How it grew up.
2014
Introduced
HomeKit arrives in iOS 8.
2016
Home app
A home for every accessory.
2019
Secure Video
HomeKit Secure Video stores encrypted camera footage in iCloud.
2022
Matter
Matter support arrives in iOS 16.1.