{
  "id": 17866262,
  "title": "Apple HomeView Ultra, Drone and Laundry-Folding Robot Reportedly In Development",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/apple-homeview-ultra-drone-and-laundry-folding-robot-reportedly-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/11/02/2033238/apple-homeview-ultra-drone-and-laundry-folding-robot-reportedly-in-development"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to The Information, Apple is working on a $1,000 smart home hub called the HomeView Ultra, featuring a 9-inch touchscreen that follows users around a room on a motorized arm. The device is said to be able to react to its environment autonomously, turning lights on when someone enters a room or pushing a cat away from a table. The hub also includes cameras and sensors to keep it aware of its surroundings and avoid collisions with objects. It's planned to be released in 2027 for the price of $1,000, although The Information reports a possible delay until 2028 due to unfinished software. The hardware, however, is reportedly ready for market.",
  "summary": "According to The Information, Apple is developing a $1,000 HomeView Ultra smart home hub with a 9-inch touchscreen mounted on a motorized arm that can follow users around a room and autonomously respond to its surroundings. It's also said to be experimenting with more ambitious home robots, including a wheeled robot that follows people, a smart home drone and a machine capable of folding laundry.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}