On July 27th, 2017 Apple erroneously released an OTA update for AudioAccessory1,1 – aka Apple HomePod. Developers like Steve Troughton-Smith, Guilherme Rambo or Avery Magnotti immediately dug into the firmware and soon thereafter found the first details Apple certainly didn’t want to be out in the open yet. Here’s a summary we know thanks to Apple and these developers:
- The iPhone 8 will look like many previous leaks suggested, including a notch at the top
- Codename for the iPhone 8 is D22
- Audio files used by HomePod
- HomePod has 1 GB of RAM and a 272×340 pixel screen
- Apple Pay supports face detection
- iPhone 8 probably has a 3x screen with 1125×2436 pixels
- Apple Watch might get a Ski workout
- A SmartCam feature was mentioned as well and seems to be able to detect varying scenes
- The status bar implementation now supports a split version, presumably for the notch at the top
- The new iPhone looks like it’ll support tap to wake
- The Home button is no longer called button but just an indicator because it’s just an image on the screen
- Future cameras, front and back, will support 4K60 recording
- Apple TV might soon be getting a model with 4K and HDR
I’m sure there are more details (I’ll try to add new ones them as they appear) but these are some of the most interesting ones.