MacStories October 14, 2026

HomeView Points to Siri AI as the Next Developer Platform

Source: Apple. Yesterday, Wired reported that third-party apps with CarPlay functionality would be available on Apple’s new HomeView device. That struck me as odd. I was expecting, and I think many others were at least hoping, that the HomeView would be a new platform for building apps. And while st…

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