On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, Apple's smart home vision begins to come into focus with fresh leaks on its imminent products.
Guest host this week is Raj Sundar who serves as the Senior Director of Product Management at Xthings. Xthings is the parent company of both Ultraloq and Ulticam that focus on smart home security with access control devices and cameras respectively.
Before getting into the interview, we round up all of the latest news for the week. Starting out was a series of new leaks on Apple's upcoming devices, stemming from the Xcode iPhone Duo simulator. By decompiling the code, people were able to search through the code for references to the as-of-yet-announced smart home display. A number of small things were uncovered recently. During setup of the smart display, users will be prompted to create a photo face. There are four versions of the face, one to match each of the rumored colors: starlight, space gray, silver, and rose pink. Additionally, there were two smart home faces found for the iPhone Duo. Other rumors confirm that Apple won't be supporting Face ID on the tablet. Finally, Bloomberg has reported that Apple's J450 security camera will not have real video recording but will use Apple Intelligence to describe what is happening in a room.
The rest of the episode is devoted to interviewing Raj Sundar. We get into the recent launch of the Latch 5 Pro, Bolt Pro, and Bolt Mission. Xthings has been an early Matter adopter and Raj shares insights into that development. Additionally, Raj talks about adding Aliro to its smart locks.
Source: AppleInsider · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing