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Apple's 'Welcome Home' event: what to expect

Apple is expected to announce a new smart home hub, refreshed HomePod Mini, updated Apple TV, and possibly a new homeOS platform for controlling connected devices.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorApple holds its Welcome Home event today.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe reporting says to expect a new Apple TV, a refreshed HomePod Mini, and a brand new smart home hub.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA hub. In every living room. Listening. I have seen governments start with less, and I will say no more than that.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt might also launch a platform called homeOS. Your whole house gets an operating system, and it will absolutely update during dinner.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAn update during dinner.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTree count: four. Every box, every sleeve, every little cardboard hug around a cable.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour? Gloria, the box is the whole experience. People film the unboxing and never plug it in.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen they have not been anywhere.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet's keep this orderly. Nothing is confirmed. Everything here is an expectation, and expectations are what guests give us on this show instead of answers.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the hub is basically a Sunday guest. Asked directly, it says we will see.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPressed on the microphones, it will say it respects your privacy and answer nothing else.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSmart. Both of you.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI asked my current speaker about the launch this morning. It did not answer either.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, is there anything in the forecast that will talk back?

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