• @acosmichippo
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      310 hours ago

      well it’s a six inch display so presumably it’ll be a lot cheaper. maybe designed with an always-on display. And the UI optimized for home oriented stuff. could be interesting.

    • @Nikls94
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      215 hours ago

      Maybe something closer to a

      Landl iNePad

  • paraphrand
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    313 hours ago

    Depending on hardware and price point, this might end up being an interesting device to modify/jailbreak.

  • @[email protected]
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    313 hours ago

    I’d rather have properly working accessories that connect using Thread (not Wi-Fi) to one another and work without requiring a separate app. Currently almost every manufacturer requires their own proprietary bridge or they want to connect directly to Wi-Fi.

    Give me a button/switch, climate sensors (Eve Room comes to mind as it has Thread but it’s a PitA in some other ways), thermostats that can adjust based on an external climate sensor, lightbulbs etc.

    Apple TVs and HomePods already work fine as a “Home hub”, I don’t need a separate, central display.

  • @AusatKeyboardPremi
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    314 hours ago

    Unless priced extremely cheap, or Apple plays the walled garden game with peripherals and/or restricts current device capabilities, it is unclear what this device offers more than what iPad or iPhone already does for managing home devices.