Apple's Long-Rumored 'homeOS' Possibly Trademarked Ahead of WWDC

[McScooby]

One can only hope that they update it more, like ever, HKSV recordings/zones/detection etc. is woeful, don't think it's ever been touched.

Launched with great fanfare and left to rot.

 

[goonie4life9]

Can Apple do nothing right in your eyes?

Re-read what I wrote, this time with a smile. Nothing wrong with some levity with Apple’s marketing-speak.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

In the article, "discretely" should be "discreetly".

Thank you. Fixed!

 

[SnowPenguin]

They really should bring back the iPhoneOS name.

iOS alongside iPadOS
is like
fruit alongside banana

Why not:
tvOS
macOS
homeOS
watchOS
visionOS
iPadOS (or padOS)
iPhoneOS (or phoneOS)

This could save them some money, since they pay Cisco to use the name iOS.

 

[verdi1987]

Yawn - having seen how badly Apple botched the HomePod over the years and also Apple Intelligence, no trust this will be any good.

My HomePod minis have been my most disappointing Apple purchases ever. Siri won’t do anything useful. It just tells you to ask on your iPhone.

 

[Maven1975]

Blah blah blah… Apple better not wreck the existing HT ecosystem by calling devices inefficient or pre-homeOS devices.

I can’t believe I’m bracing for the worst here when it comes to Apple. Things have changed for sure…. 🫣

 

[@Brett]

Just need Apple to release its own smart home hardware now. Cameras and doorbells and locks to start.

 

[@Brett]

My HomePod minis have been my most disappointing Apple purchases ever. Siri won’t do anything useful. It just tells you to ask on your iPhone.

I have had zero issues with any of my HomePods. And do everything I ask of them.

 

[Agent007]

I will endeavor to only pronounce it like "homey-Ohs" like it's a breakfast cereal.

In 2000, MTV's "The Lyricist Lounge Show" did a comedy sketch about a breakfast cereal called "knee gr-O's" that made people taller and thus better at basketball. I'm not making this up. There was also a sketch where Snoop Dogg rapped his demands to a hostage negotiator (one of those demands being a Dreamcast with a blue controller). I'm really not making this up.

 

[eifelbube]

Will the device be called HomeScreen™️? 😁

HomePod Plus? HomePod Pro? HomePod Max? HomePod Hub? HomePodTV? 😊

 

[ophh1]

Home Operations Suite
HomeOS
I see what you did here Apple

 

[SFjohn]

The website has a very Apple look & feel to it:

 

[svish]

Maybe there will be some announcement at WWDC and the new home device launch might be closer than anticipated.

 

[DCIFRTHS]

The website has a very Apple look & feel to it:

Did you request access?

 

[DCIFRTHS]

Looks like the domain was registered in 2000...

 

[ThomasJL]

Since that will be the very first version of homeOS, and since Tim Cook does not know how to count (unless it's money), it might not be version homeOS 1.0, but rather homeOS 26.0.

 

[sleeptodream]

They really should bring back the iPhoneOS name.

iOS alongside iPadOS
is like
fruit alongside banana

Why not:
tvOS
macOS
homeOS
watchOS
visionOS
iPadOS (or padOS)
iPhoneOS (or phoneOS)

100%, this bugs my OCD self as well.

They should have done this when they broke iPadOS off into it’s own branch, and with the iPod touch gone it just makes sense.

The iOS name was meant to be all-encompassing when they made that change, and now it’s exclusively for the iPhone 🤷🏼‍♀️

 

[Burger Thing]

I am terrified and wondering to what extend my present Homekit setup with all its automations will be screwd up.

 

[droplink]

Don't know about yours, but mine is already screwed up.
The HomeApp on iOS and MacOS (and the underlying system) is horrible and not fit for release.

 

[SalisburySam]

Can Apple do nothing right in your eyes?

Let’s be fair: HomeKit, the Home app, and anything related have not been Apple’s finest hours, with perhaps interoperability being the greatest hurdle to yet overcome. For me, and by posters in the relevant threads, “No Response” is a continuing annoyance. Love my iPhone, iPad, iMac, AppleTV4K, and HomePods, but Home and HomeKit remain stuck in beta quality at best. And let’s not think about Siri lest blood pressure escalate.

 

[rbramseyjr]

I suspect there will be a lot of proof reading to make sure homeOS is spelled correctly in ads, marketing material, etc to ensure the e isn't accidentally left out

i absolutely cannot WAIT to wear a cut off shirt with homOS in apple font to the gym.

 

[Burger Thing]

Don't know about yours, but mine is already screwed up.
The HomeApp on iOS and MacOS (and the underlying system) is horrible and not fit for release.

Couldn't agree more. Sad but true. Without Homebridge, Controller, Home+ Homekit would be a complete disaster

 

[danmart]

So, no announcement in the Keynote. Will there be any mentions in another part of WWDC?

 

[b1w4]

Serious question, what do you think "i"OS stands for?

I know what you mean though.

The “i” stands for Internet, and first debuted on the iMac G3 witch was advertised as the easiest way to connect to the internet. For the next decade or so, nearly all Apple products and software had an “i” in front, including iTunes, iMovie, iLife, iWork, the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and, yes, iOS.