Apple does a great job but don’t be lulled into a false sense of security. Apple protects the data and interactions shared with them true. But any interactions between the camera and it’s vendor e.g. Logitech, Wyze, etc are no more or less secure than the vendor makes them.
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After 2 years with Wyze and with latest iterations of Homekit, I can assure you I am not buying Wyze sensors plugs unless they are HK compatible or a bridge is provided. Homekit is just too ubiquitous and a reliable standard for any major sensor manufacturer to ignore. Wyze can not afford to ignore it any longer.
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Hi @Vino. Wyze is hardly ignoring this Wishlist topic. It has a tag of “Researching”, so that means it’s on their radar. If the tag was “Maybe-Later”, or even “Probably-not”, then that would be a different story. 
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That is true. However, this was started more than a year ago and its Christmas and there’s a stocking I need to fill and there’s this white bearded man who might come down my chimney 
There have been many product releases from Wyze - and I’m always looking for words such as possible integrations with Homekit etc in the forums but have seen nothing. So I am just stating my position at the end of this year and hoping for better things from Wyze. I continue to buy their cams with abandon but everything else… nah!
Wyze has responded, here is their response.
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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That’s more or less what I suspected. I was responding to the fellow that was concerned Wyze was ignoring the issue. 
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Thank you for the detailed explanation, it shows clearly why it takes some time.
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Made an account to cast my vote for HomeKit support, My 1 Wyze camera system would quickly to turn into 3-4+ if HomeKit support is eventually added /fingerscrossed
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Homekit for the current cameras wont work due to hardware limitations, they are working to get sensors, bulbs and any future items Homekit approved though.
Will definitely be buying more Wyze cameras if/when HomeKit secure video is implemented.
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I’m not interested in HomeKit Secure Video, due to the associated cost. Definitely want HomeKit for the Bulbs and Plugs!
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Voted for this a while back (as well as Siri Shortcuts) but to be clear, I simply want to control things with Siri. So whether that’s Siri shortcuts or HomeKit, I don’t care. I want to be able to tell Siri to turn a bulb or plug on and off. Telling Siri to show me a camera feed would be excellent as well, but I don’t necessarily need HomeKit Secure Video (if it’s two different things; maybe not, I dunno). Right now it’s a huge pain to not have some form of Siri control. Beyond that, HomeKit support would be extremely helpful for Sense triggering. I’m aware I could patch together something with IFTTT, but I’m not a fan of that solution, especially with Alexa and whatnot already baked in.
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Any revised comments/statements from Wyze based on Apple’s announcement of OpenSourcing parts of HomeKit via HomeKit Accessory Development Kit (ADK) - and specifically the possibilities of bringing HomeKit to the existing device line?
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On Reddit they said they had asked for information about joining the group. Once they receive it they will evaluate it.
One thing to keep in mind is that anything that gets to consumers via this group by their own estimates is at least 2 years away. And there is no certainty anything good or bad will come of it. Lots of these initiatives in the past have come to nothing.
It would be nice but it sure won’t be fast if it ever even materializes. Fingers crossed but definitely won’t hold my breath
Looks like an open source version of its current form was just published. Apple Publishes Open-Source Version of HomeKit Accessory Development Kit - MacRumors @WyzeGwendolyn care for a comment?
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Great news!
Please excuse my typos.
Thanks
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That’s just the ADK which was free anyway. So nothing new to be honest.
Sorry, as far as I know, this doesn’t change the hardware limitation.
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