What’s that new Home app about?

For iPhone users, that annoying ‘software update’ message has become even more demanding. Among the new features on the latest incarnation of the iPhone OS is a ‘Home’ app. It’s actually very clever indeed.

For starters, home automation and having little remote controls for everything from your curtains to your bedside lamp is nothing new. The latest control devices even include an app to make your smartphone the remote.

Apple has clearly been ...