Apple recently launched tvOS 174 beta version, from which clues about home OS were also found, which means that Apple has new plans for the field of smart home, and the following will take you to see the specific content.
According to foreign media Macrumors from tvOS 174 System** found that Apple seems to be developing a new HomeOS system, and so far HomePod and HomePod Mini have used the tvOS version as the core of the system, and have not yet disclosed the relevant instructions of the HomePod device system.
In fact, Apple has mentioned HomeOS many times in the past, and the new system has not been officially disclosed so far. Before the WWDC in 2021, Apple had announced an ad for HomeOS developer engineers, and then modified the job ad to remove HomeOS and replace it with tvOS and HomePod devices.
Bloomberg has reported that Apple is already developing HomePod devices with touch screens, which can integrate iPad tablets into HomePod devices, and have steering and movement functions, similar to Echo Show.
Last year, it was also confirmed that Apple was running and testing tvOS 17 internally through the iPad mini, which means that the HomePod project with a screen is underway, which also means that Apple is developing HomeOS to be designed independently for HomePod with a screen.