The HomeKit-compatible air-purifier from Vocolinc will go on sale in the US from June 15. The Vocolinc PureFlow Air Purifier had previously been put up for pre-order in Europe.
The company says it’s also compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant …
HomeKit air-purifier
Vocolinc made the announcement in a Facebook post
There’s still no word yet on US pricing, but European pricing suggests it will sell for around $500.
Yes, it works with Apple HomeKit, Alexa, and the Google Assistant, meaning you can control and know its status using voice commands.
Yes, it is for use in large rooms while removing 99.97% of gases and particles down to 0.3 microns.
Yes, it could be super quiet so that you are protected while you sleep without disturbance.
As we’ve noted previously, the purifier is a HEPA one – which won’t protect against the coronavirus.
The virus is roughly 0.1 microns, so would not be captured by the filter.
Onvis C3 HomeKit Secure Video camera
In other HomeKit news, there’s another camera on the way which supports Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video standard, offering a 10-day recording history in iCloud. HomeKit News reports.
You can preorder today, with shipping starting from the end of June.
What may be of interest to some is that it also works with both 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz wifi networks, as well as having two-way audio.
We’ve previously noted the privacy benefit of HomeKit Secure Video.
With HSV, all of the people, animal, and vehicle detection is performed locally, on your own iPad, HomePod, or Apple TV, and only encrypted video is sent to Apple’s cloud servers.
