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Apple’s first HomeView update includes fixes for some serious security bugs. Technology
The Verge • 13h ago

Apple’s first HomeView update includes fixes for some serious security bugs.

HomeView Software Version 27.2 patches issues that could have allowed unauthorized Bluetooth devices to pair without user interaction, or allowed a remote attacker to join iMessage group chats. The update also includes some core features for the new HomeView, like sound recognition, multiroom audio, and integration with Apple’s app ecosystem. [Link: About the security content of HomeView Software Version 27.2 | https://support.apple.com/en-us/149851 | Apple Support]

Google’s Gemini app is now available in Apple CarPlay. Technology
The Verge • 1d ago

Google’s Gemini app is now available in Apple CarPlay.

The AI chatbot’s dedicated app was already available in cars with Google built-in, as well as Android Auto. Now CarPlay users who prefer Google’s chatbot to Siri can use Gemini to manage their calendar or ask questions about the trip ahead. Gemini was already available through Google Maps, and now Apple has made space for it in the main CarPlay display too. [Link: Talk it through with Gemini, now on Apple CarPlay | https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/gemini-on-apple-carplay/ | Google]

Today’s Vergecast: Jensen Huang resigns, and our HomeView review. Technology
The Verge • 1d ago

Today’s Vergecast: Jensen Huang resigns, and our HomeView review.

Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia, so today’s episode starts with an emergency podcast within a podcast, as David and Nilay try to make sense of the state of Nvidia and AI. Then, Jen Tuohy comes on the show to tell us all about her time with the Apple HomeView, Apple’s new smart home controller and family computer. It’s very good at one of those things, and not so much on the other. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://youtu.be/kVMp5m7-d_o]

Joanna Stern bullied Apple into a HomeView update already. Technology
The Verge • 1d ago

Joanna Stern bullied Apple into a HomeView update already.

You can’t use your voice to unlock doors or open garage doors on the new HomeView because Apple is worried that… someone might shout commands into your home from outside? Joanna Stern got Apple to admit that’s a bit silly; she says the company told her a software update next month will open things up. [Link: HomeView review: Siri sadness | https://thenewthings.com/p/homeview-review-siri-sadness?gift_content=bd02028d-847c-4955-a6b2-8c094c4ec497 | The New Things]

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The Verge • 1d ago

Blackmagic made a USB-C mic for spatial audio.

The $1,695 Blackmagic Ambisonic Microphone will be available in December. It features 108 digital MEMS mics, a built-in spatial encoder, uses Apple’s array geometry and ambisonic encoding filters, and doesn’t require any drivers or plug-ins — you just connect it directly into an iPhone, computer, or Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera to start recording three-dimensional audio. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Blackmagic-Ambisonic-Microphone-forest.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Blackmagic-Ambisonic-Microphone.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

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