{"id":796610,"date":"2026-10-09T03:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796610\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:24:11","slug":"apple-announces-october-13-event-for-new-smart-home-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796610\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple announces October 13 event for new smart home products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In late September, a rumor claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/this_is_when_apple_is_rumored_to_be_launching_the_homepad-news-74839.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple would be holding a special event on October 13<\/a> to unveil new smart home products, including the mythical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_homepad_details_revealed_by_macos_code-news-74246.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePad or Home Hub<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_homepod_mini_2_design_colors-news-74786.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePod mini 2<\/a> speaker, and a new Apple TV 4K box.<\/p>\n<p>Today the company has confirmed the event, which has the tagline &#8220;Welcome home&#8221;. You can see the official teaser video below.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome home. October 13. https:\/\/t.co\/ChelGSDOTI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Joswiak (@gregjoz) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gregjoz\/status\/2108226096407994858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All three aforementioned products are expected to support the new Siri AI. The HomePad or Home Hub will have a 6&#8243; square display and there will be two versions of the device, one intended to be used on a desk or countertop and the other one intended to be wall-mounted. Its base will have a built-in speaker, and the screen will be held up by a metal arm.<\/p>\n<p>The HomePod mini 2 and the new Apple TV 4K box have both been a long time coming, with the original HomePod mini being released in 2020 and the latest Apple TV 4K box having arrived in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In late September, a rumor claimed Apple would be holding a special event on October 13 to unveil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-796610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}