{"id":6485,"date":"2016-12-04T16:40:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T16:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2016-12-05T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:27:45","slug":"my-house-the-ipad-mini-4-homekit-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/12\/04\/my-house-the-ipad-mini-4-homekit-has-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"My House: The iPad Mini 4 (Homekit) has arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3734,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/31220881841&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104060209\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/31220881841&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 22:56:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 11:39:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 13:34:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-28 14:42:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 16:04:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-04 16:37:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 10:50:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-13 00:41:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-16 10:04:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 23:27:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 07:48:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 17:16:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 17:16:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s going to be an amazing new house with every device being HomeKit enabled. At the center of it all is an always-on iPad w\/ connection to all of the devices:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;5H1A0377&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/31220881841\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"5H1A0377\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5561\/31220881841_90cef88428_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The iPad mini is so tiny next\u00a0to the iPad Pro 9.7&#8243;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s going to be an amazing new house with every device being HomeKit enabled. 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