| ▲ | isodev 6 hours ago |
| Same, all of the apps they demo in the video are not useful in my family - we use a different messenger, different calendar, different video calling app... it's not just about the App Store, if it's supposed to integrate with house things (there was the doorbell camera in the video) it needs to work with "homes" from other vendors, not just HomeKit. Also, I believe that form factor was tried by both Meta and Google and didn't really click with people - who has so much free space near a power socket... in the kitchen ... in the morning ... lol. |
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| ▲ | joezydeco 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The intro video does an excellent job of hiding the fact that this needs a power cord. There's one quick shot shows a hole drilled into the middle of the kitchen island to provide access to the USB-C cord. |
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| ▲ | al_borland 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | I was looking for the power cord as well, and required actually looking for it. I’m curious about the wall mounted option, and how that gets power without an electrician running a line to the middle of the wall. It looked like there might be a PoE option, but that also needs cable run. It seems like a bit of a project. | | |
| ▲ | xattt 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > It looked like there might be a PoE option, but that also needs cable run “Power Mount PoE Wired” is an option that will be available in early 2027. I can already see this being a decent option for kitchens that had a wall phone plate (that, hopefully, was wired with Cat 5e…). Paired with some yet-to-be-released homeOS VoIP app… chefs kiss. | | | |
| ▲ | reaperducer 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I’m curious about the wall mounted option, and how that gets power without an electrician running a line to the middle of the wall. People wall-mount flat screen TVs without an electrician all the time, and it's no big deal. Because of its size, this should be even simpler. | | |
| ▲ | isodev 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | That only works if you live in a paper house. Drilling through normal brick/concrete walls is not that easy - we do call someone when we need our wall mounted TV setup. |
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| ▲ | Cyph0n 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Give us a Home Assistant integration and watch these sell like hotcakes :) |
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| ▲ | a10c an hour ago | parent [-] | | Yep. I'd pre-order 3 today if i could get it with first class HomeAssistant app support. |
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