{"id":921059,"date":"2026-10-08T21:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921059\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T21:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:18:11","slug":"apple-announces-surprise-welcome-home-launch-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921059\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple announces surprise \u2018Welcome home\u2019 launch event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Apple has just announced a new October event, taking place in New York on October 13th at 9AM ET. The company is rumored to be launching smart home-focused products this month, and the event invite hints that\u2019ll be the case: Apple is using the tagline <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gregjoz\/status\/2108226096407994858\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cWelcome home.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">At the event, Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/1002563\/apple-smart-home-hub-homepad-rumor-launch-date\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is rumored<\/a> to announce products including a smart home hub with a display, an updated HomePod Mini, a new Apple TV. The company is also reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/1006238\/apple-lg-homekit-rumor-fcc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">teaming up with LG<\/a> on new smart home devices that will launch at the event, including a video doorbell, thermostat, and indoor camera, and renders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1006727\/apple-lg-leak-smart-home-deadbolt-lock-thermostat-temperature-sensor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">leaked yesterday<\/a> that purportedly showed off some of those devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Apple has reportedly been working on a new smart home hub for some time, and apparently even wanted to launch it sometime in 2025. However, the delays to the upgraded, AI-powered Siri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/626559\/apple-smart-display-setback-siri-ai-upgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly pushed that launch back<\/a>. Siri AI finally launched in last month (though with a beta tag), and now that it\u2019s out, it appears that Apple\u2019s next big push for the smart home is about to begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has just announced a new October event, taking place in New York on October 13th at 9AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1337,64,63,44,19587,1996,105],"class_list":["post-921059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-smart-home","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}