Apple's new Home app will be home base for your smart house

Apple is making it easier to manage HomeKit devices.
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Karissa Bell
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Apple is making it easier to manage HomeKit devices.

The company introduced a new app, called Home, that will allow people to manage their HomeKit-enabled devices from their iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. 

Part of the upcoming iOS 10 release, the Home app takes advantage of Apple's new Siri and interactive lock screen features. The app will work with Siri so you can use voice commands to activate HomeKit devices,


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You'll be able to interact with devices using 3D Touch from your iPhone lock screen.  

The app offers an at-a-glance look at all your HomeKit connected devices so you can easily manage all of them at once. Home will also work with the Apple Watch so you can check devices from your wrist.

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Karissa Bell

Karissa was Mashable's Senior Tech Reporter, and is based in San Francisco. She covers social media platforms, Silicon Valley, and the many ways technology is changing our lives. Her work has also appeared in Wired, Macworld, Popular Mechanics, and The Wirecutter. In her free time, she enjoys snowboarding and watching too many cat videos on Instagram. Follow her on Twitter @karissabe.

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