Code in the iOS 27.3 beta has a flag for a “Conversational Apps” category on HomeView, Apple’s smart home hub, The Verge reports. No details yet, but chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are the obvious fit.
Other bits in the code
- Bidirectional audio routing and session management, which pdfu on X says is “still not fully wired up.”
- Anti-spoofing protection: after three failed attempts you authenticate with your iPhone.
- A lockout system that starts at one hour for the second lockout and climbs to eight hours for the fourth.
None of it is announced. HomeView itself launches Nov. 13, as I covered earlier.
My take
A chatbot on the kitchen hub makes sense. The lockout and anti-spoofing work makes me happier, though. Anything that controls your home needs to be hard to fool.
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