How Matter has finally given Apple a path out of the HomeKit mess

Macworld
Apple users know the feeling: with most products, everything runs like clockwork. The iPhone? Close to perfect. The Mac? Has been running for years. AirPods? Magical. But with Apple’s HomeKit smart home system, things turned out differently. What Apple announced in 2014 as a revolution in the connected home developed over the years into a story of missed opportunities and technical challenges.Craig Federighi’s presentation at WWDC 2014 sounded promising: A unified system, de