Mike Wuerthele
Crestron's popular TSR-310 touch screen home automation remote is getting full Siri, HomeKit, and Apple TV support in a firmware update.
Crestron made the announcement on Monday morning. The update process is multi-fold, with device databases and a firmware update to the remote itself.
Following the update procedure, users of the TSR-310 will be able to control either one Apple TV or multiple linked by device name, connect to HomeKit, and route voice to the currently selected Apple TV.
Beyond the firmware update to the remote, support is coming soon to Crestron Home as well. Crestron promises that benefits from the Apple and Crestron partnership will arrive with the OS 3 update to the system.
The Crestron TSR-310 system is not an inexpensive one. Crestron relies on a dealer and installer network for sales, with pricing variable on what the customer needs in total.
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This will likely be a big deal at the upcoming CEDIA expo and will go a long way to cementing Home Kit as the go-to solution among custom installation specialists and their customers.
Those 1 percenters really gonna love their Crestron systems
Still hoping for Control4 to add Siri and HomeKit support.
I have a couple family members with Crestron System on their places and it's trash, the Ui is confusing and the remotes and screens look and feel cheap. To be fair, they don't have the latest and greatest, but every time they have any issue, some IT person has to come to fix it. Obviously the company want to play nice with HomeKit so their system appears updated and capable. However, I really hope Apple start making the Home Kit ecosystem more capable so companies like Crestron really work hard so you can justify purchasing their system or just get crushed.
Looks like un-Apple crap.
Apple needs to improve Home and Apple TV integration.