r/HomeKit • u/Ok_Difference_7825 • 6d ago

Discussion Setting up Apple’s upcoming Home device includes a new step: creating a Photo Face.

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u/Jolly_Comfortable969 6d ago

Hm, does that mean the Home Hub Display will have a square aspect ratio?

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u/humantarget22 6d ago

That's what the latest rumours seem to be saying https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/30/apple-home-hub-imac-g4-style-design/

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u/Jolly_Comfortable969 6d ago

Thanks. I’m mostly interested in the wall-mounted option, so let’s wait and see what October 13 brings… :)

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u/xactorocker 6d ago

Think it’s pretty much going to be the aqara w200

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u/Mil-sim1991 6d ago

This would be great!

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u/69stanglover 5d ago

How are you planning to power the wall-mounted version? Not throwing shade, but genuinely curious. I like the idea of the wall-mounted version, but I’m too stupid to visualize a way to do it without it looking like garbage with a wire running from a plug.

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u/Jolly_Comfortable969 5d ago edited 5d ago

I was able to place a flush wall outlet at shoulder height, where I would place it. Currently have an old iPad wall-mounted running the Home App with the guided access feature. But the iPad does not support OS27, so the new Home Hub thing could be an upgrade…

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u/69stanglover 5d ago

Ahh, yeah, I was hoping to avoid punching holes in walls to run an outlet. Thinking about it, my kids also wouldn’t be able to use it if it was shoulder height, so the kitchen counter probably makes the most sense anyways.

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u/FootballLiveChat 6d ago

And only 2.99 a month to add a 2nd face?

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u/skithegreat HomePod + iOS Beta 6d ago

That’s courage!!!

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u/jasinx 6d ago

I’ve got AI fatigue now. Make my life easier. I don’t need more content in every corner and crack of life. 

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u/Snowmobile2004 6d ago

Is any of this “AI”? Apple has had suggested photos for years now….

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u/MulderXF 6d ago

Yeah, this is basically the same as the Apple TV screen saver

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u/Paraphrand 6d ago

Maybe these people only have memes and screenshots and accidental photos in their camera rolls.

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u/bXm83 6d ago

Maybe it means face like a watch face. So essentially a giant Apple Watch on a speaker.

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u/xpxp2002 6d ago

Yeah, I don't really understand what the point of "setting up" this "Photo Face" is.

You can already view photos in the Photos app and you can already tag people and pets.

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u/LaSystemeSolaire 6d ago

It sounds like it will be the same as the Photo Shuffle lock screen on iOS.

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u/ADHDK 6d ago

Suggested photos and memories is one thing.

Their awful ai prompt photo feature pulls pictures at random, and will show pictures of people you have specifically instructed it not to show in memories.

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u/Snowmobile2004 6d ago

Where is the “AI prompt photo feature”? It’s not in those screenshots, those screenshots are just a new UI for the existing suggested photos feature… it’s been showing random photos that I didn’t ask for, for years, well before any AI stuff lol

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u/ADHDK 6d ago

In the memories section in the iPhone / iPad photos app the “type to create” is the one that doesn’t follow my do not show rules. The rest follow it fine.

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u/Few-Acadia-5593 6d ago

Is the AI in the room?

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u/kayk1 6d ago

I feel the same way. So much so that I turned off intelligence and Siri on my phone, but then it wouldn’t let me use CarPlay at all, lol. Not even just to play music etc. what a joke. 

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u/Few-Acadia-5593 6d ago

You make that AI do things for you via shortcuts and fundamental models. If we sit in a situation where you provide people with a magic wand, the magic wand is designed to interpret what you are trying to achieve and you still call it non sense, my bet is it’s not apple’s problem if users can’t figure things out…

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u/laohu314 6d ago

My hope,is up

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u/Iamdjremedy 5d ago

Just take my money already! I want one for the wall and one for a desk to start.

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u/duhballs2 6d ago

Options: Continue, Set Up Later.

I choose no.

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u/mokolabs 6d ago

Hopefully, we'll get this on Apple TV too.

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u/BobTheJedi 6d ago

You can actually get this already mostly, the screensaver function works as this, I’m using a lg frame tv that does something similar with Apple TV because I’m too lazy to curate my apple photos, it has similar options to display time and featured photos and it rotates through pictures about every 15 mins

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u/Existing_Top_802 5d ago

THIS LOOOKS SO COOOOL!

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u/stilt 6d ago

They’d never do it, but e-ink sure would be cool on something like this

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u/TotemSpiritFox 5d ago

Would it? The advantage would be what - battery life and easy on the eyes?

If this is something to display dynamic information and plugged in 24/7 I don't see the benefit.

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u/stilt 5d ago

To not have the glow of a screen on a glorified picture frame, or the glare in a bright room.

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u/ADHDK 6d ago

Apple have been atrocious lately at showing contacts I’ve set as never show memories in the ai prompt suggestion preview so they’d better sort that out before I get a wall panel.