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Apple Once Again Refers to Unreleased 'homeOS' in Job Listing [Removed]

Hope, it comes along with a new Homepod (to replace the discontinued one) and unifies everything home.
 
Force332 said:
. . . I would LOVE Apple to be more serious and successful with home automation. . .
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Exactly how I feel. I've been tip-toeing my way along the path to incorporating various smart home features, one step at a time, sticking to HomeKit compatible products so far. I'm not even close to taking advantage of the features of the products that I do have so far. A more integrated and user friendly tool would be terrific.
 
Home Labbers might be familiar with Home Assistant, a Linux based OS designed around uniting a lot of your usual smart home devices. It’s very well done, open, and offers a lot of flexibility.

I don’t see Apples solution coming anywhere close, and any compatable devices would likely carry a heavy premium.
 
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yaxomoxay said:
Well, thanks to Foundation we are now sure they read Asimov. Ever heard of "The Last Question", a short story by Asimov?

Wiki:
The story deals with the development of a series of computers, Multivac, and its relationships with humanity through the courses of seven historical settings, beginning on the day in 2061 that Earth becomes a planetary civilization. In each of the first six scenes, a different character presents the computer with the same question, how the threat to human existence posed by the heat death of the universe can be averted: "How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased?" That is equivalent to asking, "Can the workings of the second law of thermodynamics (used in the story as the increase of the entropy of the universe) be reversed?" Multivac's only response after much "thinking" is "INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

The story jumps forward in time into later eras of human and scientific development. In each era, someone decides to ask the ultimate "last question" regarding the reversal and decrease of entropy. Each time that Multivac's descendant is asked the question, it finds itself unable to solve the problem, and all it can answer is (linguistically increasingly-sophisticated) "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

In the last scene, the god-like descendant of humanity, the unified mental process of over a trillion, trillion, trillion humans who have spread throughout the universe, watches the stars flicker out, one by one, as matter and energy end, and with them, space and time. Humanity asks AC, Multivac's ultimate descendant that exists in hyperspace beyond the bounds of gravity or time, the entropy question one last time, before the last of humanity merges with AC and disappears. AC is still unable to answer but continues to ponder the question even after space and time cease to exist. AC ultimately realizes that it has not yet combined all of its available data in every possible combination and so begins the arduous process of rearranging and combining every last bit of information that it has gained throughout the eons and through its fusion with humanity. Eventually AC discovers the answer—that the reversal of entropy is, in fact, possible—but has nobody to report it to, since the universe is already dead. It therefore decides to answer by demonstration. The story ends with AC's pronouncement:
And AC said: "LET THERE BE LIGHT!" And there was light
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You can’t possibly expect us to read such a long Wiki quote on here, but thanks to you I know which book to read after finishing Dune. ?
 
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I'm slow walking automation because it's such a mess. Home can't connect sometime to devices. I have a Wemo plug that plays well with Home but we thought it wasn't working, but how can you be sure? Is the device that the switch supposed to turn on really on?

No more hubs. I've still got an AirPort connected to the cable company's "router". The AirPort is just to connect to the Linksys mesh. And so forth. Add to that that we live at the edge of good cell reception and our iPhones stay connected to cellular rather than switching to Wi-Fi.

One sets these things up then try and figure out when something goes wrong. Thread and Matter sound like a step in the right direction. And some many like the Google ecosystem, but can they be trusted? But Siri (where I'm including all of Apple's search) is minor leagues compared to Google.

Anyway I hope Apple moves the needle because so far Home and Siri haven't done so.
 
I really hope, at the least, they introduce a transition that allows existing homekit devices to work with homeOS.

Homekit is the most un- SEARCHING FOR COMMENT...
 
standing said:
All the better, I could read it before finishing Dune.
I find it hard to find well written and visionary books of that genre.
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Very, very hard, which is the problem with Sci-fi. I often prefer speculative fiction in the form of short stories because they have less padding and need to tell a compelling story in just a few pages, which leaves them with more "concepts" and less side stories.

I was a devout subscriber of Asimov Science Fiction magazine and Analog Science Fiction & Fact magazine (on top of Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock for my crime/pulp/noir fiction stories). Both of them are highly recommended, I will re-subscribe as soon as I know that I will have time and desire to read more speculative fiction.
 
-BigMac- said:
Theyre going to sell Apple houses.

Yearly updates include:
- thinner bezels (walls)
- doors and garage will open twice as fast
- larger screens (windows)
- better cooling (air con)
- more battery efficient (led lighting updates)
- multitasking (additional rooms)

Jony Ive will host the house inspections
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Except it won't have a bathroom.
 
magicschoolbus said:
They missed the boat completely on home automation.
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Not really. It’s just getting started actually. Prior to this new phase was the “see what sticks to the wall while we throw everything at it” phase.

In this new phase, I predict there will be a return to greater emphasis on actual content, and ease of access to said content, rather than how easily the “smart device” can order you something off Amazon, or how easily it can spout off random trivia.

Nobody I know actually enjoys or uses those features. Everyone I know is now looking for greater sound quality, easier access to library of music or podcasts, easier everything.

So far, Apple is the only one who doesn’t let up on the actual experience of content, rather than just the experience of using the smart speaker.

Apple is making a return with Homepods Max at some point, and bringing back the OG HomePod. It’s just a question of how soon.
 
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Expect no bathroom.
 
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Two opinions of mine:

Firstly, Apple's biggest home automation problem is lack of support, let's hope Matter will solve that.

Secondly, I am almost sure audioOS has been discontinued: HomePod updates are called... HomePod software updates.
I am sure it's no oversight, the audioOS name has been discontinued.
 
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MacRumors said:
Apple currently has two central home-based operating systems, audioOS for the HomePod, and tvOS for the Apple TV. audioOS is based on tvOS, but the two are still distinctive by name.
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audioOS was the internal name of the OS forked from tvOS. But starting with 15, Apple calls it HomePod Software, as in HomePod Software 15.1 for the latest version, which is admittedly an inconsistent name.
 
I've been using HomeBridge to really make the most of automation. I hope that Apple can take notes from the developers, and realize how important this is to a growing number of people. I highly recommend HomeBridge to any of you who really want to use almost ANY device with HomeKit (and a bit of coding), to get a taste of what the future could be.
 
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Apple may want to reconsider the name "HomeOS". The pronunciation of it through VoiceOver and text-to-speech makes it sound like a slur.
 
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Machined from a solid block of the finest corinthian aluminum the Apple Home running homeOS 1 Cordova will anticipate your every need. Using the latest in AI software and the new I1 intuition chip your Apple Home knows what room you are going to walk into and why. It will sense when you hesitate upon arriving in the bedroom and answer the question even before it starts to formulate in your mind, "You came here to get warmer slippers." saving you the trip back to the living room to try and remember why you had walked to the bedroom in the first place.

The Apple Home, you know you want it. In fact we already charged the first month's mortgage payment to your Apple Card, you will soon get the directions to it in Messages and your Apple Wallet already has the key. We know you will enjoy it -- no seriously we actually do.
 
Bankage said:
Apple may want to reconsider the name "HomeOS". The pronunciation of it through VoiceOver and text-to-speech makes it sound like a slur.
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Some engineers on the Siri team are currently putting pictures of their family, and coffee mugs saying "You are on mute" in cardboard boxes.
 
I'm sure it's just Apple's internal name for HomePod's operating system.
 
w5jck said:
I hope thy don't try to reinvent the wheel again. If they create a Home system that requires special Apple equipment, then they can shove that up their Apple core. I'm currently using Amazon's system and I like that I can choose between a lot of different manufacturers thus keeping my costs down. If Apple creates their own system, it must cooperate with other systems and manufacturers and not be a buggy mess.
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Apple's current system already does work with different device manufacturers. My HomeKit/Home setup works fairly flawlessly, with minor glitches being very rare. What needs to happen is that Apple, Google, and Amazon need to be locked in a room and told to figure out how to be friends or they are all grounded. Apple's commitment to privacy might make them seem like the difficult one in the room. But when it comes to accessing my home, including camera feeds of my children, I'm perfectly ok with privacy being at the forefront.
 
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