Everything Apple Home

Apple’s New Home Hardware, SwitchBot & Nanoleaf

• applehome Authority • Season 1 • Episode 27

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🍎 Apple’s biggest smart home push in years is almost here. According to a new Bloomberg report, Apple is preparing to launch a brand-new Home Hub, alongside refreshed Apple TV and HomePod mini models. We look at what this could mean for the future of Apple Home.

🌀 SwitchBot has unveiled the new Battery Circulator Fan 2 Pro, bringing Matter over Wi-Fi and battery-powered smart cooling to Apple Home users.

💡 Nanoleaf has announced its new Smart LED Monitor Stand, combining a premium monitor riser with integrated RGB lighting and Matter support.

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Welcome back to Everything Apple Home. This week, Apple's long-awaited smart home hardware is finally looking like it might arrive with a new Apple TV, home pod, and smart display. Switchbot's new battery-powered fan is also being released, and Nana Lee's Latches RGB monitor stand is also available for pre-order. Let's get straight into it. After years of rumors, Apple finally appears to be getting ready

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to make a serious push into Smart Home. According to Blueberg's Mark German, Apple is preparing to launch three new home products, including a brand new home hub, an updated Apple TV, and a refresh HomePod Mini. The Home Hub is expected to be centerpiece of Apple's new Smart Home strategy. It's designed around Apple's rebuilt Siri experience and is expected to provide a dedicated way of controlling your Smart Home, giving it access to calendars, photos, and a lot more information that's available in the Apple ecosystem. It's reported to be a table version, like a HomePod Mini, and a wall-mounted version. Alongside that, Bloomberg reports that Apple is also preparing the new Apple TV and HomePod Mini, with both devices said to be ready to launch. Both devices will feature upgraded hardware to support Siri AI. The Apple TV and HomePod Mini are expected to arrive this autumn, while the Home Hub is reportedly planned for sometime between October and early next year. It's no secret that Apple has lagged behind competitors in the smart home over recent years, but with iOS 27 introducing Apple Intelligence for cameras, energy monitoring, a redesigned home kit secure video platform, this new hardware could finally tie everything together. In other news, Switchbot

SwitchBot fan

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has announced its new battery circulator fan 2 Pro, bringing Mata over Wi-Fi support, so there's no need for an additional hub. The fan combines battery power with smarter integration, allowing it to be controlled through Apple Home as well as other Mata compatible platforms. As with other Mata fans, you're able to control power, fan speed, and include it in automations directly inside Apple Home. It's another useful addition to anyone wanting smarter climate control without needing to keep the fan permanently plugged in. You can buy the new fan in the US for $119 with UK and EU availability to be around September time. And finally,

nanoleaf Desk Stand

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Nanoleaf has launched a new smart LED monitor stand, combining a wooden monitoriser with integrated RGB lighting and matter support. The stand features independently controlled lighting with over 100 individual addressable LED zones. Because it supports matter over Wi Fi, it also works with Apple Home. It's available from NanaLeaf for $179 and it's available in the US, UK, and Europe. So that's everything Apple Home for this week. For full stories and the latest Apple Home news, reviews, and tutorials, visit AppleHomauthority.com. Thanks very much. I'll speak to you next week.