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Apple 'homeOS' Mentioned in Job Listing Ahead of WWDC

I’m really hoping to see major news around HomeKit, Shortcuts, and Automations this WWDC. Maybe this is a sign that something big is coming in the future? 🤞
 
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Could be the OS/Module that runs a thread router - e.g. on the AppleTV, HomePod or the rumored AppleTVwithaScreen
 
Apple Knowledge Navigator said:
They should rename iOS to iPhoneOS while they're at it. Would make sense seeing as iPad now has its own OS.
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That’s actually what it was originally called.

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When the original iPhone launched, the OS was called "iPhone OS" and it kept that name for four years, only changing to iOS with the release of iOS 4 in June of 2010.
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kk200 said:
I would rather think this is about a homekit-focused device.
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But HomeKit devices will need a home for it. Right now Home is just an app on iPhone but iPhone is not an ideal device to manage devices in your home. For example, someone at the door instead of seeing him immediately all you have on iPhone is a notification which is lacking. My money is HomeOS will be the OS of that kind of devices using as center(s) of communication in our (smart) home.
 
I bet it has more to do with the forthcoming universal Matter Standard for smart home devices. Google has recently put the new Fuchsia OS into their smart displays as its been built for this, and Amazon is also updating the software for all of their platforms (Alexa, Ring, Blink, etc.). Samsung too.

Unless you're 100% Apple, Homekit is not up to snuff... and too many devices have homekit only models. Homekit creates the most frustrating mess of interoperability compared to other platforms (which also have issues.... Amazon blocking useable functions for Ring devices for example with Google Assistant and Nest doing the same for Alexa devices). I'm really looking forward to Matter and finally being able to use Siri, Google, or Alexa to change my damned thermostat.

Google, Amazon, Apple back Matter standard so smart home ...​

https://www.cnet.com › CNET Home › Smart Home
 
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frou said:
View the sourcecode of the iCloud.com webapps and you'll see references to cloudOS
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View the source code of the iCloud.com web-apps and you'll see a WebObjects skeleton. With everything 'new' attached by cobwebs.
 
MacAddict1978 said:
I bet it has more to do with the forthcoming universal Matter Standard for smart home devices. Google has recently put the new Fuchsia OS into their smart displays as its been built for this, and Amazon is also updating the software for all of their platforms (Alexa, Ring, Blink, etc.). Samsung too.

Unless you're 100% Apple, Homekit is not up to snuff... and too many devices have homekit only models. Homekit creates the most frustrating mess of interoperability compared to other platforms (which also have issues.... Amazon blocking useable functions for Ring devices for example with Google Assistant and Nest doing the same for Alexa devices). I'm really looking forward to Matter and finally being able to use Siri, Google, or Alexa to change my damned thermostat.

Google, Amazon, Apple back Matter standard so smart home ...​

https://www.cnet.com › CNET Home › Smart Home
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was wondering where CHIP went - seems it turned into matter
 
MauiPa said:
Where? it is a branch of TVOS which was a branch of iOS. I've never heard of audioOS. I'm on the developer beta program, make frequent updates, generally HomePod has an update when TVOS is updated.
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I don't know exactly where I heard about it first, it's not clear in iOS.
But my Linksys AX5300 router tells me which device runs which OS, and my HomePod is on audioOS according to the app.

If you search for audioOS on Google, you'll find plenty of information.
 
Considering it has been removed from the listing and replaced with Home Pod, I feel like it is probably meaningless.

homeOS might be the way they refer to Home Pod software internally, but not publicly.

Of course it could also have been removed because it was an accidental leak of something to be announced next week, but I doubt it.
 
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maybe they fix homekit because homekit is the worst pile of puke garbage crap ive ever purchased.
 
MrLoL said:
My guess would be that's the name of the OS running on that rumored "HomePod with a screen" product
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This is what I'm hoping for. An Apple version of the Nest Hub is really the last thing I need to finally move from the Google Home ecosystem over to the HomeKit ecosystem.
 
Apple in my computer, Apple in my phone, Apple in my Watch, Apple in my tv, Apple in my credit card, Apple in my home...thats too much Apple for me.
 
MauiPa said:
Where? it is a branch of TVOS which was a branch of iOS. I've never heard of audioOS. I'm on the developer beta program, make frequent updates, generally HomePod has an update when TVOS is updated.
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It was audioOS when it ran its own fork of iOS rather than a modified tvOS.
 
And introducing the Apple House. Imagine, coming home from a long day at work, your arms full with grocery bags. A simple command will grant you entry.

Hey Siri, open the front door.
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Hey Siri, OPEN. THE. DOOR
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Hey SIRI, OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR!!!
... Releasing the hounds.

And that's Apple House. Tim, back to you.
 
MacRumors said:


An Apple job listing has mentioned "homeOS," an otherwise never-before heard of Apple operating system, ahead of WWDC next week.

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Spotted by developer Javier Lacort, the Apple job listing for a Senior iOS Engineer in Apple Music explicitly mentions "homeOS" on two occasions, alongside Apple's other operating systems including iOS, watchOS, and tvOS.Interestingly, the job listing mentions homeOS as a "mobile platform," seemingly highlighting it as more akin to iOS and watchOS than systems like macOS and tvOS, but it is not clear why that would be the case.

The operating system could simply be a rebranding of Apple's current smart home software, in much the same way iOS for iPad was rebranded iPadOS and OS X was changed to macOS, or potentially an entirely new OS.

Earlier this year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman commented that Apple still lacks a "unifying strategy" for the smart home market. It is possible that homeOS could be software designed to spearhead a more centralized smart home strategy, perhaps unifying the HomePod's audioOS and the Apple TV's tvOS. Apple is rumored to be developing a combined Apple TV and HomePod device and a HomePod with a screen. For now, what homeOS will precisely entail remains purely speculative.

Apple's homeOS could feasibly debut as soon as next week at WWDC, where the company is expected to unveil major updates to its various operating systems.

Update: Apple has now removed "homeOS" from the job listing and replaced it with HomePod and tvOS. "You’ll get to work with system engineers across Apple, learning the inner workings of iOS, watchOS, tvOS and HomePod, and optimizing your code for performance in ways only Apple can," reads the replacement text.

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Didn't Microsoft have a home automation research project back 2010 called HomeOS? Oh wait I found a wiki.

HomeOS - Wikipedia
 
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