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Apple TV required for full smart-home Siri experience

Want to control your living room lights with Siri when away from home? You'll need an Apple TV box and Lutron's new HomeKit hub. Bridget Carey explains how Apple's smart-home system can get complicated.

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Bridget Carey is an award-winning reporter who helps you level-up your life -- while having a good time geeking out. Her exclusive CNET videos get you behind the scenes as she covers new trends, experiences and quirky gadgets. Her weekly video show, "One More Thing," explores what's new in the world of Apple and what's to come. She started as a reporter at The Miami Herald with syndicated newspaper columns for product reviews and social media advice. Now she's a mom who also stays on top of toy industry trends and robots. (Kids love robots.)
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Siri can control your home lights from afar -- if you have an Apple TV box.

The first smart-home gadget to work with Apple's HomeKit standard is now available. Lutron's new lighting control hub follows the voice commands given to Siri. But in these early days, the smart-home experience isn't always simple:

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