Apple lets you control your home with phone

Technology giant Apple has introduced software that will allow users to control their homes directly with mobile devices.

The iPhone-maker also introduced a health app that will enable users to store health and fitness data from different apps in a single place.

Software called HomeKit, will allow developers to create apps that enable users to control different appliances and features around their home directly from an iPhone or iPad.

The health system, called HealthKit, comes with a supporting app, named Health, and is where users can view all of their various fitness statistics such as heart rate and distance covered.

There had been rumours of Apple unveiling new hardware, however the Cupertino-based company instead focused on their software, and the desktop and mobile systems that run on their devices. The company’s desktop software, known as OS X and updated annually, has been given another overhaul and renamed OS X Yosemite.