{"id":8845,"date":"2026-10-16T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8845"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:40:12","slug":"apple-homeview-apps-carplay-vergecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8845","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s HomeView has an app problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It\u2019s been a couple of days since Apple\u2019s big smart home announcement, and we have some more information \u2014 and a bunch of new questions \u2014 about the Apple HomeView. The device has plenty of computing oomph, is always connected to power, and looks like a perfect place to run a bunch of apps. And yet the HomeView is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1011062\/apple-homeview-airplay-apps-streaming\">relying almost entirely on CarPlay<\/a>. What gives here?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/vergecast\">this episode of <em>The Vergecast<\/em><\/a>, David and Nilay try to make sense of the HomeView\u2019s app situation, and why Apple would choose not to make its home hub into its own app platform. After that, they talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/1009862\/google-releases-gemini-4-argon\">the latest Gemini model<\/a> and whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/1011311\/the-ai-race-is-back-on\">building the best model<\/a> matters if you can\u2019t build the best products around it. They then debate the merits of <a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2026\/10\/x_once_again_marks_the_spot\">returning to X<\/a>, why none of the supposed Twitter replacements worked, the latest in Brendan Carr nonsense, and much more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In case you missed it this week: We also talked about the rest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/podcast\/1010286\/vergecast-homeview-apple-smart-home\">HomeView launch news<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/podcast\/1011447\/music-ai-slip-scam-vergecast\">first big AI slop case<\/a>, and how to live in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/podcast\/1012419\/meta-glasses-cameras-recording-vergecast\">a world filled with recording devices<\/a>. And we want to hear all your thoughts about all of it! Call the Vergecast Hotline at 866-VERGE11, send us an email at vergecast@theverge.com, and tell us everything that\u2019s on your mind. And make sure you subscribe so you don\u2019t miss an episode!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/podcast\/1012911\/apple-homeview-apps-carplay-vergecast\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a couple of days since Apple\u2019s big smart home announcement, and we have some more information \u2014 and a bunch of new questions \u2014 about the Apple HomeView. The device has plenty of computing oomph, is always connected to power, and looks like a perfect place to run a bunch of apps. 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