HomeView switches to whoever walks up to it. It knows up to six people by face and voice, so everyone gets their own home screen, and "play music" plays from the right person's library.
Your Messages and Calendar only appear when it recognizes you and your paired iPhone or iPad is nearby and recently unlocked. Guests still get music, timers and the lights. Simple rule, easy to trust!
Whether it earns a spot on the counter is up to Siri AI. Would love to get through the little things at home without having to pick up my phone every time :)
Congrats to the Apple team, and thanks Zac for the hunt. Tying Messages and Calendar to both face or voice recognition and a recently unlocked iPhone nearby is a clear privacy rule. What happens when two recognized family members are standing at the counter together? Does HomeView fall back to the guest view, or pick one person's screen and risk showing their calendar to the other?
The face-and-voice recognition per person is the detail I find most interesting. I work on a voice AI that phones aging parents every day, and the hardest part has been getting older users to trust a voice they can't see. Does HomeView let a guest or a family member check in on someone's home screen remotely, or is everything strictly local to whoever is standing in front of it? Curious how you are thinking about shared households with an older adult.
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Hi everyone!
HomeView switches to whoever walks up to it. It knows up to six people by face and voice, so everyone gets their own home screen, and "play music" plays from the right person's library.
Your Messages and Calendar only appear when it recognizes you and your paired iPhone or iPad is nearby and recently unlocked. Guests still get music, timers and the lights. Simple rule, easy to trust!
Whether it earns a spot on the counter is up to Siri AI. Would love to get through the little things at home without having to pick up my phone every time :)
Congrats to the Apple team, and thanks Zac for the hunt. Tying Messages and Calendar to both face or voice recognition and a recently unlocked iPhone nearby is a clear privacy rule. What happens when two recognized family members are standing at the counter together? Does HomeView fall back to the guest view, or pick one person's screen and risk showing their calendar to the other?
The face-and-voice recognition per person is the detail I find most interesting. I work on a voice AI that phones aging parents every day, and the hardest part has been getting older users to trust a voice they can't see. Does HomeView let a guest or a family member check in on someone's home screen remotely, or is everything strictly local to whoever is standing in front of it? Curious how you are thinking about shared households with an older adult.