I-HomeKit ukuhlukaniswa kwe-Apple ekwenziweni kwezivumelwano namadivayisi okwenza ikhaya labasebenzisi lihlakaniphe ngokwengeziwe futhi lizimele. Izinkampani eziningi ezivela eceleni zikhipha amadivayisi ahambelana ne-HomeKit. Akuwona wonke umuntu onakho konke kusuka ku-Apple. Kungakho sifuna ukufeza izinga elisebenza nawo wonke amapulatifomu. Ngakho-ke iphrojekthi ye-CHIP ixhaswe yi-Apple engabona ukukhanya kosuku ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
I-HomeKit ngeka-Apple. Kodwa-ke, i-Amazon inephrojekthi yayo ethile efana neGoogle. Abasebenzisi bangasebenzisa noma yikuphi noma konke kodwa abahambelani, okwenza kube inkinga okufanele bakhethe. Ngoba esikufunayo akuhlali kungokwenkampani esingathanda ukuthi ibe yiyo. Ukuhlangana nokuhlangana okuthile kushoda kancane. Kungakho iphrojekthi ye-CHIP yadalwa ekupheleni kuka-2019. I-Apple kanye ne-Amazon, iGoogle neZigbee Alliance umemezele izinhlelo zokwakha indinganiso yendawo yonke yemikhiqizo yasekhaya ehlakaniphile, esebenzisa izivumelwano ezikhona njenge-Apple's HomeKit, i-Amazon's Alexa, neGoogle Weave.
Le phrojekthi ihlose ukwenza kube lula kubakhiqizi bamadivayisi ukwakha amagajethi ahambisana nezinhlaka ezahlukahlukene zamapulatifomu asekhaya nabasizi bezwi, ngokuchaza isethi ethile yobuchwepheshe benethiwekhi esekwe kwi-IP yesitifiketi sedivayisi. Izinga elisha lomthombo ovulekile izosuselwa ku-Wi-Fi, i-Bluetooth LE ne-Thread ukumiswa kwedivayisi nokuxhuma.
Njengoba kushicilelwe ku- I-Verge, futhi ngenxa yengqungquthela eku-inthanethi yeZigbee Alliance, izinkampani ezibambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi Bazokwazi ukuthola amadivayisi aqinisekisiwe kusukela ekupheleni kuka-2021. Izinga lizotholakala ngezigaba eziningana:
- Izibani
- izingidi
- amakhamera
- ama-thermostats
- ukugcotshwa kwe amafasitela
- amathelevishini
- Abakhohlwa i- amadivayisi amadala futhi kuzokwakhiwa ipulatifomu ukuze nazo zihambisane.