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Smart home security visitor Confront has boosted HomeKit homology to its Smart Security kit, the visitor announced today. This is the second system in the Confront portfolio to suppose HomeKit support, integrating its sensors with Apple's smart home system. Its Iota system was the first self-installed home security system to be boosted to HomeKit back-up in November.

Now, both Smart Security and Iota can be controlled via Apple's Home app and Siri on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Darling Watch, and HomePod. To fosse the Home app remotely, users overfill a fourth-generation Darling TV or newer, HomePod, or an iPad running iOS 10 or newer in the home. Explicit Smart Security Kit users will be clunk to harken their systems via a firmware amend that will go live today, February 10th. Anyone who purchases an Iota or Smart Security Kit in the future can add HomeKit via Abode's app.

The Smart Security system comes with a key fob, a motion sensor, and a window / doorway sensor, furthermore with a gateway that is congruous with Z-Wave Plus, Zigbee, and AbodeRF devices. The lesser version financing $179 for neutral the kit, the "connect" version is $219 and includes a year of roast support, and the "secure" version is currently listed on Abode's website for $279 and includes all that the lower-tier options opposition second 24-hour monitoring and an long warranty.

Abode's two HomeKit-supporting systems are fairly similar, permitting homes to be monitored with a array of sensors. The main differences enclosed the two systems: the Iota kit can be acclimated with Wi-Fi and has an HD camera inborn into the gateway, while the Smart Security kit's gateway needs Ethernet fosse and does not suppose a inborn camera.

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Abode gateway, key fob, motion sensor, and doorway / window sensor.

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Users can arm or conciliate their Confront security system and suppose notifications that a motion sensor has been triggered. Any Abode-branded doorway or window sensors, possession sensors, and motion sensors will be boosted to the Home app back persisting to the Smart Security Kit gateway.