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Apple has a vision for your smart home - but will it repeat the mistakes of the past?

A closeup of the Apple HomePod 2.

After a lengthy silence, it looks like Apple might finally be ready to re-enter the smart home market - but has it learned from past mistakes?

The company has been out of the smart home game for a long time (it's been silent on the subject since the arrival of the HomePod 2 in January last year), but according to Bloomberg's resident Apple expert Mark Gurman, it's ready to dive right back in with a bevy of new devices and a new operating system. Gurman (a reliable source for insider info) suggests that homeOS will be the connective tissue that links a series of smart displays scattered throughout your home, plus extra devices like a table-mounted robotic arm.

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