the biggest thing for HomeKit is that we have to create a complete local interactions model that is compatible with HomeKit and if we had local control, we will look at how to do it so it works also with Google Home local SDK requirements and try to anticipate also how we can do local control with our own hardware and software. As such, this is a non trivial issue that requires a lot of engineering to work across the different products that we have.
So, we are not abandoning HomeKit, quite the contrary but this is going to be a little slow until we find a clear path and have engineering resources for the implementation. Our firmware engineers are pretty tied up for the moment with the current products under development.
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