We knew that HomeView OS is rough for developers right now, and leverages CarPlay APIs, but a new tour of how the smart home peripheral exposes just how restricted it is.
Apple’s HomeView
Apple’s HomeView
The HomeView will officially ship to consumers on November 13, but more is being learned about the smart home device well in advance. Work to virtualize HomeView OS is giving developers more of a glimpse of how the operating system functions.
Threads on Mastodon by Gui Rambo and Steve Troughton-Smith take a developer-centric view of the HomeView’s operating system, starting with its use of a new launcher. Following SpringBoard, PineBoard, and SoundBoard, it’s using a launcher called BreadBoard.