Apple May Launch First iPad-Like Smart Home Accessory Next Year (www.macrumors.com)
from Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 2024 07:32
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BlazarNGC@lemm.ee on 01 Oct 2024 08:06 next collapse

Looks like a butt 🤷‍♂️🙈

DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml on 01 Oct 2024 16:36 next collapse

Pair it with one of those toilet seat iBooks from the 90s and you’ve really got something!

AA5B@lemmy.world on 07 Oct 2024 14:15 collapse
B0rax@feddit.org on 05 Oct 2024 10:42 next collapse

A lot of people already have iPads mounted as interfaces. What is missing is the right software (always on display or proximity wake or stuff like that)

AA5B@lemmy.world on 07 Oct 2024 14:13 collapse

This is why I haven’t bought an Appe TV yet. The current model is from 2022, and I want it for more than TV. My motivation was based on Firestick getting further enshittified, but also improvements in Apple TV+ (which Firestick doesn’t have an app for). That old design was game oriented but I’m not likely to game through that. It does do home automation but nothing my Home Assistant hub (with HomeKit bridge) doesn’t already do.

But give me some actual improvements in my smart home and I’m there. Or give me on-device ai that does something useful for me and I’m there. I’ve been thinking about building smart home displays for various reasons but haven’t had time to. Third party monitors are too limited or require too much work to integrate with the Apple ecosystem, so build it and I will come (and yes I realize the pun)