Apple has delayed the launch of its HomeKit home automation platform until the fall, Fortune reports. Originally expected to arrive in May or June, sources participating in the program have revealed that the launch date has been moved back to “something closer to late August or September.” While Apple has not formally announced a launch date, several HomeKit partners had suggested at CES that products could be expected this spring, with one even suggesting that they could arrive “in time for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.”
While Apple is now said to be planning a smaller HomeKit announcement in the near term, the official launch has been pushed out to later this year, with sources indicating the delays were a result of the code base for managing online devices having grown too large for the smaller, battery-powered iOS devices, and Apple now requiring more time to shrink the code back down to something manageable.
Update: Apple told The Wall Street Journal the first HomeKit accessories will be arriving in June.
