Apple teases homeOS — is a new smart home platform on the way?

Apple teases homeOS — is a new smart home platform on the fashion?

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Scant days earlier WWDC 2021, an Apple job listing references a potentially new homeOS operating arrangement. If true, that could mean a new way of interacting with smart habitation devices through Apple's HomeKit platform.

The task list, which has since been inverse, was noticed past Javier Lacort, who posted a screenshot of it to Twitter. In it, the term "homeOS" is mentioned twice.

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The original mail service read in part "Y'all'll go to work with system engineers across Apple tree, learning the inner-workings of iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and homeOS, and optimizing the code for performance in ways only Apple tree can."

"The Apple Music Frameworks squad owns the technology stack that enables the organization-integrated Apple Music experience on all of our mobile platforms: iOS, watchOS, and homeOS."

Later, the first homeOS was changed to "HomePod," and the second to "tvOS."

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There's been much speculation on where Apple tree plans to take its smart home platform; in contempo years, the company launched the $99 HomePod Mini, but discontinued the $249 HomePod. And, while there have been incremental improvements to HomeKit, information technology hasn't progressed as rapidly as Amazon Alexa and Google Dwelling.

That could be changing soon, as Apple could be working on a combined HomePod/AppleTV device with a camera for video calls, co-ordinate to one Bloomberg written report.

Given that Apple tree recently released an all new Apple TV 4K — with a much better remote — there's a chance the company could be developing a smart display, more than along the lines of the Amazon Repeat Show or Google Nest Hub Max. A new OS would also brand sense hither, as its use instance would be unlike from an Apple Tv.

Considering that WWDC is Mon, June vii, we expect to learn a lot more than soon. Here's how yous tin picket the WWDC 2021 keynote.

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Michael A. Prospero is the deputy editor at Tom's Guide overseeing the home, smart habitation, drones, and fitness/wearables categories, too equally all buying guides and other evergreen content. When he'southward not testing out the latest running watch, skiing or training for a marathon, he's probably using the latest sous vide machine or another cooking gadget.