4 Better Smart Home Control and Integration
HomePod officially became available earlier this month and it’s a small step toward Apple being more involved in the connected home space. In January, 9to5Mac’s Filipe Espósito tweeted screenshots of an assets file found in iOS 11.2.5. These files showed new icons for scenes for HomeKit.
It’s very likely we’ll continue to see updates to the way iPhone integrates with smart home accessories in iOS 12 and how iPhone and HomePod compliment each other. Some of the images in this file look like notification options. It’s possible iPhone and HomePod will be able to give visual and/or audible notifications when a door is opened, or your coffee is ready.