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Comment by dynjo | Hacker News Reader

I predict an iOS based home hub with integrated Apple TV, Games capable, App Store, iTunes library, HomeKit, Siri. The epicenter of your home, hence the event title.

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A) I hope they go for games, since in my opinion Apple Devices are much better suited for sophisticated gaming (the whole GPU incompatibilities and quirks on Android are a mess!) B) If they do so, I hope they partnered up. Apple just doesn't get games.

I'm not sure a home 'hub' is necessary, why can't HomeKit be a distributed service across all you devices? so your watch could still be a remote for the tv, or the lights, or the front door, or the toaster …

For HomeKit this is likely true, but I would still see it as a centerpiece for the home, also likely including Airport functionality.

I would like to be able to query device status and issue commands from across the internet. So some other device in my home will be acting as a 'hub'. So direct access sounds redundant at best, and more likely just a nightmare to configure and maintain.

(Change your wifi network or password? Have fun updating a dozen devices. Get a new phone or watch? Have fun pairing to a dozen devices.)

Beyond that, from a security standpoint, I'd rather smart devices didn't all have direct IP access. There are enough security concerns with the Internet-of-Things. Mitigating large swaths of those concerns appeals to me.

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