Apple Is Making a Hail Mary Play to Save the Smart Home

Tucked in the middle of Apple's WWDC presentation this week was a series of updates meant to bolster Apple's smart home efforts, which revolve around software called HomeKit. But over the past year, a triad of market forces — Apple's goals, competition from rivals like Amazon and Google, and consumers' needs — have been pushing the smart home around like a Ouija's planchette. So what is the future for the smart home? As with the Ouija, the answer may depend on who pushes the hardest.