Apple’s smart home hub “HomeView” is reportedly being prepared to support the launch of AI conversational apps, with the addition of a Conversational Apps category reported in the iOS 27.3 beta.
Code analysis of the iOS 27.3 beta suggests that preliminary work may be underway to enable AI chatbot-style apps on Apple’s planned smart home hub “HomeView.” Code researcher pdfu reported that a category called “Conversational Apps” had been added to the beta.
The update reportedly adds preparations for two-way voice routing, session management and interruption handling, in addition to the Conversational Apps category, to software that displays apps from connected iPhones and iPads on HomeView. The system is understood to determine where voice input and output are routed. Two-way support is apparently intended to handle both the AI’s response and the user’s voice, although some reports indicate that the connection is not yet complete.
A protection feature designed to prevent impersonation of HomeView was also newly discovered. The system reportedly requires authentication on an iPhone after 3 impersonation attempts against the same profile. This is said to become active in HomeView software 27.2.
The design of the lockout waiting period is also reportedly under development. The proposed periods are immediate clearance after the first attempt, 1 hour after the second, 4 hours after the third and 8 hours after the fourth and subsequent attempts. However, the feature is currently under development, and the lockout can reportedly be cleared immediately through authentication.