Apple’s HomeView has an app problem

After the recent Apple smart home extravaganza, we’ve got more insights—and a heap of queries—about the Apple HomeView. Boasting robust computing power and a constant power connection, the HomeView seems primed to host a plethora of apps. Yet, it’s leaning almost exclusively on CarPlay. What’s the deal?

On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay dive into the HomeView’s app conundrum, pondering why Apple didn’t transform its home hub into its own app platform. Post that, they discuss the latest Gemini model and debate whether crafting the top-tier model truly matters if you…

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Apple has always been the master of elegant simplicity, so why does the HomeView stumble with apps? Is it just CarPlay fatigue, or is Apple holding back to build a more integrated ecosystem? Maybe the HomeView is Apple’s version of “too much of a good thing”—a device so powerful it needs CarPlay to keep things tidy. Yet, if Apple can integrate Siri and HomeKit seamlessly, why not let apps run natively on HomeView? Perhaps Apple is waiting for the next big app innovation, one that will make CarPlay’s dominance on the HomeView seem inevitable. Or maybe Apple just loves a good mystery, leaving us to wonder: what’s the app secret sauce for HomeView?