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Re:Apple HomeView by sdgluck on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @09:52AM (#50071774)
Didn't even occur to me to look for a purpose-built smart home console. I just mounted an old iPad to the wall.
Re:Apple HomeView by jasode on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @10:02AM (#50071929)
>Didn't even occur to me to look for a purpose-built smart home console.

Sorry for not being clear. The Crestron/Savant panels are not typically purchased separately as 1 item. They're installed by certified system integrators as part of a total package where they wire up the whole house (often new construction).

There have been rumblings and predictions that Apple could expand HomeKit's capabilities to eventually be a real alternative to Crestron/Savant. The previous iterations of HomePod and Apple TV acting as a home hub really wasn't a credible threat but a new product like HomeView is a step closer to the "professional smarthome automation" space. E.g. Apple offering a wall-mounted PoE option is evidence of that.

Re:Apple HomeView by WorldMaker on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @12:56PM (#50074876)
Yeah, a lot of people are using old iPads for this sort of thing. That seems to be the biggest competitor to HomeView is "old iPad mounted somewhere". The multi-user Face ID seems a big differentiator in that competition and might for some be a good reason to upgrade that old iPad to something newer.