Technology for controlling lights and other electronics through voice, smart phone or other wifi devices, has generally been considered a toy at the hands of startups is now being eyed by electronic and tech giants like Google, Samsung and Apple. One such entrant is Apple that is expected to introduce the ‘smart home’ system in its upcoming Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco next month.
It is being anticipated that the futuristic technology will let the consumers deploy virtually anything including Bluetooth, Wifi, voice recognition systems and other smart technologies to be able to control their homes.
The experts also say that Apple will now have to do away from its traditional vertical integration style and rely on hardware manufactured by other players.
Experts are saying that Apple will utilize its huge Apple App Store experience to supply and license the software to the compatible hardware.
