Automating your home and phone can be a tedious task.  Depending on how you do it, it can be a waste of time or if you backup you can have your ‘profiles’ and info forever.

There are two major brands which we will discuss:

Apple iPhone | iPad

Android

The single most common question I get asked is:

Question: Which is the better platform for home automation?

Answer: Before iOS 8 and without jailbreaking the iOS 7 device it’s hands down the Android ecosystem.  There is EVERYTHING you could want with android 4.2 and above.  The only thing that Android is missing is a good iBeacon native code to interact with.

Now that iOS 8 has arrived with ‘intent’ style accessibility between applications, HomeKit, HealthKit, iBeacons etc.  there shouldn’t be that big of a difference if all the same tweaks are developed from iOS 7 to iOS 8 for jailbreaking.  A jailbroken device in the iOS ecosystem is a must if you want to take advantage of the full potential to what is possible.  Click on your ecosystem below to find out how to optimize your system.

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