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Apple Home is expanding its energy management features
- Apple's smart home is introducing new energy management features through the EnergyKit framework.
- EnergyKit allows developers to integrate energy data to adjust electricity usage for cleaner or more cost-effective energy consumption.
- The Home app can display electricity usage, rates, and clean energy availability through the Grid Forecast widget when connected to supported utility providers like PG&E.
- EnergyKit's Guidance feature helps create actions to reduce or shift energy use based on data points.
- EnergyKit initially focuses on integrating with EV chargers and smart thermostat apps.
- Apple's aim is to potentially evolve Apple Home into a full-fledged home energy management system (HEMS).
- Other smart home platforms like Samsung SmartThings and Homey are already implementing similar energy management features.
- Apple's integration with the Matter smart home standard could lead to support for more devices like EV chargers and energy monitoring for thermostats.
- Matter standard supports various appliance types, heat pumps, electric water heaters, battery energy storage systems, and solar power devices.
- Apple's involvement in Matter hints at a potential expansion of supported energy-intensive devices within Apple Home.
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