It is well known that Apple's new HomeView smart home hub was significantly delayed, and there is now yet another piece of evidence: the device will initially ship with six-month-old HomeView software version 26.5, according to AppleDB. When setting up the HomeView, users will be prompted to update to HomeView software version 27.2. The device launches Friday, November 13.
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Apple Announces 'HomeView' Smart Home Hub
Apple today announced the "HomeView," an all-new kind of smart home hub featuring a 7-inch Liquid Retina display and Siri AI.
Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing Greg Joswiak said:
Apple HomeView is designed to be shared by everyone in the home yet feel completely personal to each user. It recognizes your face to shift from a household screen to your own experience,...
RIP, homeOS
MacRumors was first to reveal the name "HomeView" last week, after discovering a trademark filing from a secretive shell company that we correctly suspected was linked to Apple.
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4 hours ago at 07:51 am
Thats why they need to slow down. We don't need a major system release every year.
Not a big deal on its own, but I hope this wakes them up to the fact their software development process is very broken. They are consistently unable to ship their software in anything close to a finished state. Let's hope for better things in the future.
Tiger to Leopard was almost 3 years, Leopard to Snow Leopard was 2 and Snow Leopard to Lion was about 2.
Now every year we're getting a major OS release across multiple devices. Its not sustainable. Do we need a new HomePod OS every year or tvOS?
4 hours ago at 07:40 am
Not a big deal on its own, but I hope this wakes them up to the fact their software development process is very broken. They are consistently unable to ship their software in anything close to a finished state. Let's hope for better things in the future.
4 hours ago at 07:57 am
I've wanted something like this for years, but with how outdated it already is and with all this time between announcement and release, I got over my feelings of "I need this" and realized it is much better to just wait until the next generation or two... thanks, Apple!
Looks like it has been ready for a long time. If so, I see no reason why Apple is taking 1 month to make it available after the announcement.
4 hours ago at 08:04 am
One would need a hole in their head to dive into this product.
Love Apple. Long story short, my original HomePods make me want to recreate the Office Space printer scene.
The conceptual solution this affords is not an actual problem I have. I wouldn’t want my notifications showing on a shared device where the big trick is the device can allegedly identify me.
HomePods struggle with setting timers. 10 years after release, they can still struggle with timers. Should your internet be out when you d set an alarm, that alarm will not go off as the HomePod depends on Internet for alarm time.
So this is an odd resolution device with a small screen, not so great sound, lack of features, and these have have clearly been delayed for Siri, Apples repeatedly fumbled voice assistant for now 15 years?
Were not off to a great start here John. You can smile and give off that Apple Camp Counselor Energy as possible. This tech enthusiast sees through the emperors non existent attempt to even claim they are wearing clothes.
Love Apple. Long story short, my original HomePods make me want to recreate the Office Space printer scene.
The conceptual solution this affords is not an actual problem I have. I wouldn’t want my notifications showing on a shared device where the big trick is the device can allegedly identify me.
HomePods struggle with setting timers. 10 years after release, they can still struggle with timers. Should your internet be out when you d set an alarm, that alarm will not go off as the HomePod depends on Internet for alarm time.
So this is an odd resolution device with a small screen, not so great sound, lack of features, and these have have clearly been delayed for Siri, Apples repeatedly fumbled voice assistant for now 15 years?
Were not off to a great start here John. You can smile and give off that Apple Camp Counselor Energy as possible. This tech enthusiast sees through the emperors non existent attempt to even claim they are wearing clothes.
