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Three New Apple Home Products Rumored for 2026
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fatTribble
macrumors 68030
I’ll say I’m intrigued by the Home Hub.
I won’t know if it will be useful until they actually announce it.
To be a compelling product I think it needs to do more than what an iPad plus a HomePod can do today.
I won’t know if it will be useful until they actually announce it.
To be a compelling product I think it needs to do more than what an iPad plus a HomePod can do today.
Aaargh!
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They should have released the Home Hub before forcing everyone to upgrade to the new Home architecture. My iPad can no longer act as a home hub so I lost a lot of functionality with the 'upgrade', but there is no good alternative (I have no use for an AppleTV nor a Homepod)
Things is .. will they force users towards the Home Hub and remove hub features from new ATVs and HomePods?
DocMultimedia
macrumors 68030
Are there any rumors of HomeKit Secure Video getting updated to support more than 1080p?
I've been considering getting an outdoor security camera and it seems a HomeKit compatible camera or even Apple's rumored one would be more secure and private. Especially with all the things I've been reading about Google Nest, Amazon Ring, Anker Eufy, Wyze, etc.
I've been considering getting an outdoor security camera and it seems a HomeKit compatible camera or even Apple's rumored one would be more secure and private. Especially with all the things I've been reading about Google Nest, Amazon Ring, Anker Eufy, Wyze, etc.
Get an apple-tv then you can use hdmi earc to get the the ps5 sound out of the HomePods (that's what I do)
macMD
macrumors 6502
Given Apples sheer size how is it products take forever to get released. Is it just poor allocation of resources?
I get that Jobs waited for others to introduce products the put forth a superior offering at a high premium of course, still it was much better.
Now they just drag out how they launch products. The Chinese Android makers, hell the Chinese EV industry is eating TeslaTurds lunch with better styling, longer range and more features that don’t include electronic door handles that trap inside a burning car.
I want Apple to actually introduce better devices and no slow walk upgrades.
I get that Jobs waited for others to introduce products the put forth a superior offering at a high premium of course, still it was much better.
Now they just drag out how they launch products. The Chinese Android makers, hell the Chinese EV industry is eating TeslaTurds lunch with better styling, longer range and more features that don’t include electronic door handles that trap inside a burning car.
I want Apple to actually introduce better devices and no slow walk upgrades.
Digital Dude
macrumors 68000
I wouldn’t be surprised to read…🙅
‘After much effort, we’ve concluded the product will not achieve our high standards, and we have decided to cancel the project.’
‘After much effort, we’ve concluded the product will not achieve our high standards, and we have decided to cancel the project.’
McTool
macrumors 6502
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Bottom line is I wish Apple would release *something* already - something to get excited about.
Hi I have a smart home using somfy, hive, Yale and a few more I tried Ikea stuff this week ran into major problems it’s hard to work with HomeKit, while I have Alexa it does everything very well indeed I do want HomeKit to work but it just fails time after time with matter and thread stuff
CasinoOwl
macrumors 6502
Home hubs and doorbells with cameras are getting deserved criticism these days over privacy concerns. I am loathe to get one. However, Apple is the one company I would consider changing my stance if they can assure that my info never leaves the house.
Radeon85
macrumors 68000
Apple really needs to increase that video quality to 4K. Eufy cameras already support HomeKit again after they dropped it a few years ago, but they’ll end up getting reduced significantly in resolution to 1080p instead of 4K if I set them up in HomeKit, so frustrating.
Apple LOVES to be fashionably late. It is their go to mode. But they are about 7 years late on the camera front. The Logitech was the best available for years. It is serviceable if uninspired. But the new Eufy cameras are really everything I wanted in HomeKit cameras all the way back before Homekit. The main thing they need to do now is VAST updates to the HomeKit app such that it can support the incredible feature set available in products (not just cameras) from other vendors.
The Homebase thing sounds cool. But in the end it is a HomePod with a display; I don't honestly see myself USING it. If I were to get one it would need a magnetic base so I could stick it on the refrigerator. Although I am certain some enterprising Chinese company will make several options.
The Homebase thing sounds cool. But in the end it is a HomePod with a display; I don't honestly see myself USING it. If I were to get one it would need a magnetic base so I could stick it on the refrigerator. Although I am certain some enterprising Chinese company will make several options.
This all seems to come back to wasting time on the car, all the turnover in the Home division, and at the bottom of it all, Siri.
I hope one day we see a book explaining why Apple has had such an absolute blind spot about Siri for a decade. They kept telling us it was great, we kept telling them it wasn't, but it was like talking to a brick wall.
And apparently they even believed it based on what they said in 2024. They weren't just lying to us, somehow they sincerely didn't realize it for themselves.
So yeah there's no way any of this comes out this year if they don't want to completely embarrass themselves again. They've now found out the hard way that Siri is unfixable, so all these things have to wait.
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hybrid_x
macrumors 6502a
artifex
macrumors 6502a
That's disappointing to hear. Which IKEA stuff was it?
I'm beginning to think buying someone else's matter-capable hub might make more sense for me than continuing to wait for an updated one in the next Apple TV before buying one.