--- title: Apple's smart home lineup was ready. Siri held it back. description: Apple is preparing a smart home push with a new Apple TV 4K (upgraded to A17 Pro or better), a refreshed HomePod mini, and a long-delayed iPad-like smart home... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-s-smart-home-lineup-was-ready-siri-held-it-back--pd95lqukn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple's smart home lineup was ready. Siri held it back. | daily.dev og:description: Apple is preparing a smart home push with a new Apple TV 4K (upgraded to A17 Pro or better), a refreshed HomePod mini, and a long-delayed iPad-like smart home... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-s-smart-home-lineup-was-ready-siri-held-it-back--pd95lqukn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pd95lQUKN.png og:image:alt: Apple's smart home lineup was ready. Siri held it back. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple's smart home lineup was ready. Siri held it back. **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple is preparing a smart home push with a new Apple TV 4K (upgraded to A17 Pro or better), a refreshed HomePod mini, and a long-delayed iPad-like smart home hub with a 7-inch display priced around $350. The hardware has reportedly been ready for months, but the lineup was held back by Siri's delayed AI overhaul. The rebuilt Siri AI, unveiled at WWDC 2026, now runs on a licensed Google Gemini model of ~1.2 trillion parameters and is expected to ship publicly in September. EU customers face an additional complication: Siri AI won't be available in the EU when iOS 27 launches, with no timeline given. Apple enters a smart home market that has reorganized around Matter interoperability, where competition now hinges on assistant quality — an area where Apple's reliance on a competitor's model raises questions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Will Siri AI be available on iPhone and iPad in the European Union when iOS 27 launches? No, Siri AI will not be available on iPhone or iPad in the European Union when iOS 27 ships, and Apple has given no timeline for when it will arrive there. This leaves EU buyers of new Apple smart home hardware, including the rumored hub, without the assistant that is central to those products' value. _Anyone weighing an EU Apple purchase against feature availability can track Siri AI rollout news on daily.dev._ ### What AI model does the rebuilt Siri run on? The rebuilt Siri reportedly runs on a custom Gemini model with roughly 1.2 trillion parameters, licensed from Google in a deal reported at around $1 billion a year, with simple tasks still handled on-device. This was unveiled as Siri AI, a standalone app with personal context and multi-step commands across apps, at WWDC in June. _Developers evaluating AI assistant architectures can follow Siri and Gemini developments on daily.dev._ ### What chip is expected to power the next Apple TV 4K and why does it matter? The next Apple TV 4K is expected to replace the aging A15 chip with an A17 Pro or better, which is what makes running Apple Intelligence and Siri AI possible on the device. The current Apple TV 4K box supports no Apple Intelligence features at all, so this chip upgrade is described as the enabler for the rest of Apple's smart home strategy. _Those tracking Apple Intelligence hardware requirements can follow Apple TV chip news on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Apple’s rumored smart home display hub might start at $350](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-s-rumored-smart-home-display-hub-might-start-at-350-gosrpkcwr) · The Verge · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Apple’s new chief executive built up to unveiling the ideal AI device, then said it was the iPhone.](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-s-new-chief-executive-built-up-to-unveiling-the-ideal-ai-device-then-said-it-was-the-iphone--wetpgwxx2) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [After years of delays, Apple finally reveals Siri AI, its next-generation AI assistant](https://daily.dev/posts/after-years-of-delays-apple-finally-reveals-siri-ai-its-next-generation-ai-assistant-ertp8mcsn) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#apple-intelligence](https://daily.dev/tags/apple-intelligence) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-s-smart-home-lineup-was-ready-siri-held-it-back--pd95lqukn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Apple's smart home lineup was ready. 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