All the news from Apple’s ‘Welcome home’ event
Apple is hosting a 'Welcome home' event on October 13th, with expectations centered on new smart home hardware. Rumors suggest the launch of a smart home hub with a display, updated HomePod Mini colors, and a new Apple TV 4K.
Why it matters
This event signals Apple's intensified focus on the competitive smart home market and the integration of its new AI assistant into home hardware.
Apple is hosting an event on October 13th that seems like it will be all about its efforts for the smart home. The event’s tagline is certainly a big hint — “Welcome home” — but the company is also heavily rumored to be launching a series of new smart home products soon. One of the rumored new products is a smart home hub with a display that will also feature the newly released Siri AI assistant , according to Bloomberg .
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