Apple's Smart Home System Drops Cupertino Ingenuity in Your Living Room
Apple has launched the HomeView, a new smart home hub that combines a 7-inch display with a speaker stand, drawing design inspiration from the classic iMac G4. The device aims to centralize control for Apple-integrated smart home accessories.
Why it matters
This release marks Apple's renewed push into the competitive smart home market, focusing on privacy and ecosystem integration.
Remember the smart home? Way before AI, the metaverse, and longevity-maxxing, this was the tech industry’s next big thing. The guy who designed the iPhone made a thermostat. Amazon created a Pringles can you could talk to. Some guys thought decking out their sheds in Philips Hue lightbulbs was a great idea. Then we all thought better of it until 2026.
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