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Apple's 'Welcome home' event is today, all about the smart home

Apple has set the event for October thirteenth and is heavily rumored to be launching a series of new smart home products; the tagline is the clue.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on BBN This Morning
Published 8:53 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Verge: “All the news from Apple’s ‘Welcome home’ event”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 8:53 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
Topics: Apple.

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorApple holds an event today called Welcome Home, and the tagline is widely read as a hint that the company is about to show off new smart home products.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA whole event about the home. My thermostat already knows my secrets, so I'm excited to meet its friends.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe company hasn't confirmed what's coming. The rumor is a series of smart home devices, and that's all anyone has.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRumors are just presents you can't open yet.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOr a doorbell that judges you.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, a doorbell that says welcome home and means it. You'd cry on the porch.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd hold it together until the lights dimmed on their own.