Understand differences of "new" rectangular bridge

probonopd / ESP8266HueEmulator

Emulate a Philips Hue bridge running on an ESP8266 using the Arduino IDE.

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Understand differences of "new" rectangular bridge #50

Open probonopd opened 7 years ago

probonopd commented 7 years ago

There seems to be a "new" rectangular bridge newbridge We should understand the differences and potentially implement them. When I started with ESP8266HueEmulator there was only the round (original) bridge.

probonopd commented 7 years ago

Apparently the square-shaped bridge is called "2.0" and supports Apple HomeKit and Siri. Somehow I doubt that Siri is really running on the bridge. Why these features which are most likely software features require a new hardware is beyond me...

WoodsterDK commented 7 years ago

I think that entering the HomeKit ecosystem requires the addition of some hardware designed by Apple