Apple's HomeView software license agreement refers to the HomeView as a "HomePodDevice" in one section. This is almost certainly a placeholder name from a draft of the agreement that Apple failed to replace in the final version. It suggests Apple views the HomeView as a HomePod-like device, which is not surprising given the product's design.
Apple's legal website also lists two other agreements titled "HomePodOS 26" and "HomePodOS 27," even though Apple refers to the platform as simply "HomePod software" in those documents and elsewhere. The naming may be the closest we get to homeOS, a name that has been reported as dropped.
The mix-up comes just days before Apple's "Welcome home" event in New York, where the company was expected to unveil several new home products. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman had already leaked details ahead of the event, including an all-new smart home hub called Home View, a HomePod mini 2, and a new Apple TV 4K.
Apple then announced the HomeView as a smart home hub with a 7-inch Liquid Retina display and Siri AI. Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, said the device is designed to be shared by everyone in the home yet feel personal to each user, recognizing faces to shift from a household screen to an individual's own experience.
Source: MacRumors · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing