Apple News summary for Oct. 13
It’s all about Apple’s event, HomeView, Siri AI and EU. Elsewhere, Tim Cook meets China’s Vice President & Taiwan carrier revenues spike on iPhone 18 Pro demand, so are slow sales claims overblown? More, all the news, at our fantastic daily Substack newsletter here, please subscribe.
Everything announced at Apple’s ‘Welcome Home’ event
All about the HomeView, Homepod mini, Apple Home Collection and more.
The Apple HomeView is like a giant Apple Watch for the Home
Wired’s excellent report gives you a good glimpse at what the new $299 product is and what it does. Independent’s hands on here. My first take is here. Daring Fireball on how facial recog works here.
Apple’s new Home Collection scheme
Products co-designed with LG and Schneider to be easy to setup and private to use. ADT can offer home installation.
No HomeView for EU
Apple says it is “working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward.” We’re not there yet.
HomePod mini 2 gains Siri AI and more
Can network four of them for quadrophonic sound. $149 apiece. Won’t have Siri AI on launch as will arrive in “future software update”.
Apple TV 4K 3 gains $299 price
Also has Siri AI, 128GB of storage, Wi-Fi 7, and an Ethernet port.
Older Apple TV 4K models gain Apple Intelligence and Siri AI
Will be available to 2021’s second generation Apple TV 4K and later. New model costs $299. New Siri Remote is backward compatible to Apple TV HD.
Apple’s new HomeView ad reminds me of…
Apple’s Knowledge Navigator concept.
Tim Cook meets with Chinese Vice Premier, He Lifeng
Statements focus on constructive relationship building, stable business, and the promotion of sound and stable US-China trade and economic relations.
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