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Why would anyone possibly want a robotic arm on their nightstan... ohhhh now I get it

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Gives a whole new dimension to buggy updates.
 
In the past few years, every time I read the word "Siri," or interact with it on my mobile phone, I can't help but hear Venom's voice in my head saying, "THAT GUY."

Bummer though - we're considering relocating later this year, which is an opportunity to revamp and modernize the smart home everything, and I was hoping this would be available for it.
 
Hmm. The COULD do what Amazon does with their Echo Show devices: Release an extremely buggy, barely usable device with promise, then make it suck more and more as each new software update is released.
 
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I heard from internal reliable sources that it’s because Siri is too advanced and they are waiting for TSM to catch up and produce a 1nm chip to support all that insane AI features.


Correct me if my source is wrong
 
Is Apple just now realizing how badly Siri sucks?

I do not know how, but in the last six months it has gotten even dumber.
 
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Give us good quality Smart Camera, Smart Lock, Alarm System, and router. People will throw money at it.

I have multiple iPads laying around, I don't need another iPad that sits on a desk that does nothing.
 
Is Apple just now realizing how badly Siri sucks?

I do not know how, but in the last six months it has gotten even dumber.
It's done that at least twice before. Always in the months running-up to a new, improved version of siri. Drives me nuts.
 
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Give us good quality Smart Camera, Smart Lock, Alarm System, and router. People will throw money at it.

I have multiple iPads laying around, I don't need another iPad that sits on a desk that does nothing.
I still think Apple not buying Eero when they had the chance was a massive mistake. They could have gotten it for a relative song and incorporated into iCloud easily.
 
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With Apple Intelligence far from actually being useful, think this will be the right step. Now expecting to see it at next year's WWDC.
 
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I still think Apple not buying Eero when they had the chance was a massive mistake. They could have gotten it for a relative song and incorporated into iCloud easily.

One could argue that Apple getting out of the routers business in 2018 was the Original Mistake
 
I genuinely do not see the selling point of a product like this. The commands one can do on an iPhone or iPad are the same as this rumored device. I very rarely are without my phone, therefore I can control the smart home products I need to control. In the case of the “Home Hub” I would be required to neglect pulling my phone up and walking over to an area where the “Home Hub” would be located.
If this has Zigbee, I would pre-order it.

I trust apple a lot more than I trust google and amazon. I am so tired of my home assistant. I am not a SWE, and every single time home assistant updates, something screws up. If I could have all of my devices directly connected to some kind of apple product and I am able to use AppleHome to program automations, life would be a lot easier.

Right now Z2M, with an MQTT broker that I don't understand, and also HomeBridge. It's a mess.

I also have Dakboard. This would replace that - and also likely start to put companies like Dakboard, Skylight, etc. out of business.
 
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