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• Sunday Reboot: HomeView is an interesting smart home experiment

  18-10-2026 22:04 via AppleInsider News
  In this week's Sunday Reboot, Apple's HomeView is an interesting smart home launch, but it will probably play better in some countries than others.
  The HomeView looks nice, but probably wouldn't work with my household.Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering some of the lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field from the past seven days. All to get next week underway with a good first step.
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• Grab Apple's 2026 Mac Studio for $2,299, now $200 off

  18-10-2026 19:13 via AppleInsider News
  The lowest online Mac Studio price on the 2026 line is available at Amazon, with a $200 discount on the standard model.
  Get Apple's Mac Studio desktop for $2,299 at Amazon.
  Save $200 on Apple's new Mac Studio that's equipped with an M5 Max chip with an 18-core CPU and 32-core GPU. This desktop also has 36GB of unified memory and a 512GB SSD. Retailing for $2,499, Amazon's $200 discount brings the price down to $2,299, delivering the lowest price seen since its September 22 release.Save $200 on M
  
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• Retail reset set for November 6 as OLED MacBook Pro looms

  18-10-2026 17:12 via AppleInsider News
  A refresh of Apple Stores taking place on November 6 strongly hints that Apple's OLED iPad mini and touch-enabled MacBook Pro will be available to consumers on or around that date.
  A current non-OLED MacBook Pro display
  Back in August, there were rumors of a refresh of Apple Stores in preparation for apple's smart home push, including products like the new HomeView. It now appears that another refresh is planned, coinciding with the introduction of new Macs and iPads.According to Bloomberg's Mar
  
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• HomeView follow-up with robot arm rumored to ship in 2027

  18-10-2026 16:16 via AppleInsider News
  Future versions of the HomeView are being looked at by Apple, with a version using a larger display and a robotic arm potentially arriving as soon as 2027.
  This is not what the HomeView on a robotic arm will look like
  Apple's first-generation releases are often competent but gain significant improvements for the second generation. For the HomeView, the next version could get some big upgrades, including a robot arm.According to Mark Gurman's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg, Apple is planning
  
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• Crime blotter: Man arrested for damage to Macau Apple Store

  18-10-2026 13:21 via AppleInsider News
  iPhone transaction leads to an armed robbery in Florida, an iPad is stolen from a museum in Vermont, and an iPhone catches a suspected carjacker in Baltimore, all in this week's Apple Crime Blotter.
  The Londoner MacauThe latest in an occasional AppleInsider feature, looking at the world of Apple-related crime.
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