WWDC 2021 was loaded with great news that have marked Apple's main lines of work this fall. Among them was the launch of iOS and iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8 along with the recent macOS Monterey. Days before the start of the WWDC, job offers for engineers were published referring to a concept not heard to date: 'homeOS'. After making itself known, Apple backed down and removed the name from the offer. However, months later We see the name of homeOS again in a new offer for engineers who will work on Apple Music with the aim of working on workflows of all the operating systems of the Big Apple. Is the homeOS project for Apple still alive?
homeOS keeps popping up on Apple jobs
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This is the excerpt from the presentation of Apple's new job offer. This is a position software engineer based in San Diego (California) to work on the Apple Music team. The funny thing is that when he comments on the tasks and objectives of the position, the operating systems of the big apple are discussed, among which is homeOS.
homeOS could be a potential new operating system that would allow to integrate all the home automation tools of our houses. As if it were a CarPlay, but for the homes of the users. Currently, Apple has two pseudo-systems around this concept. On the one hand, tvOS for the Apple TV and, on the other, audioOS for the HomePod. However, the latter is based on tvOS so it does not function as a standalone operating system.
The fact that new job offers appear and these names appear that are not strange to the media show that there is movement among the great executives of Apple software. Perhaps you have in mind the unification of home automation through a new operating system whose name could be homeOS.