Apple's HomeView has a program problem

It's been a few days since Apple's big smart home announcement, and we've got a lot more information — and a ton of new questions — about Apple HomeView. It has a lot of computing power, is always plugged in, and looks like a great place to run a bunch of apps. and […]

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It's been a few days since Apple's big smart home announcement, and we've got more information — and a whole new set of questions — about Apple HomeView. It has a lot of computing power, is always plugged in, and looks like a great place to run a bunch of apps. However, HomeView relies almost entirely on CarPlay. What does it give here?

In this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay try to understand the state of the HomeView app and why Apple prefers not to make its HomeView app platform. Afterwards, they talk about the latest Gemini model and whether it's important to build the best model if you can't build the best products around it. They then discuss the merits of going back to X, why none of the supposed Twitter alternatives work, Brendan Carr's latest bullshit, and more.

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