iOS 787: The Latest in Smart Tech - CES 2026 Devices With Stephen Robles!
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Learn about the coolest smart tech from CES 2026, including automated wood blinds, an ultra-wideband smart lock, and a shift toward Matter-powered devices. Will Apple step up and finally deliver the smart home features we've been waiting for?
- CES 2026 roundup: HomeKit, smart locks, robot vacuums, and more
- Ultra-wideband smart locks improve HomeKit proximity unlocking
- Matter standard reshapes smart home device compatibility and branding
- Aqara's Matter devices and integrated smart home ecosystem
- Fragmentation in smart home platforms driven by proprietary features
- Occupancy sensors versus motion sensors for smarter lighting automation
- Lutron's new smart blinds and humidity-sensing switches
- MOFT launches Find My-enabled MagSafe wallet and smart accessories
News
- Apple launches AirTag 2 with louder speaker and better range
- Civilization VII announced for Apple Arcade alongside other upcoming games
Shortcuts Corner
- Automating complex phone workflows medical education credits
Host: Rosemary Orchard
Guest: Stephen Robles
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on iOS Today, Stephen Robles joins us to talk about the recent revelations at CES 26. |
| 0:08.6 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:10.4 | From people you trust. |
| 0:12.9 | This is Twit. |
| 0:16.7 | This is iOS Today, episode 787 recorded January 27th for January 29th, |
| 0:22.6 | 2026. |
| 0:24.0 | The latest in smart tech. |
| 0:27.1 | Welcome to iOS today, the show where we talk all things iOS, including iPhone, iPad, |
| 0:33.7 | watchOS, TV OS, HomePod OS, and I'm pretty sure there's another OS in there. But as OS, Mike is not here, so I've got the wonderful Stephen Robill is joining me on the show. Hi, Stephen. Welcome. Thanks so much for having me, Rosemary. It's going to be here. Well, thank you so much for joining us because I know that you recently went to CES, so I'm sure you had a wonderful time. |
| 0:57.7 | It is hosted in Vegas, isn't it? |
| 0:59.5 | So there's, you know, lots of glitz and glamour. |
| 1:02.6 | And, yeah, hopefully lots of new tech as well. |
| 1:06.1 | There is. |
| 1:06.8 | It was my first CES. |
| 1:08.1 | I had never been there before. |
| 1:09.4 | And so it was quite a whirlwind. I think over 140,000 people go. And while there's not, I mean, Apple is not there themselves or big names. There's obviously a lot of accessory makers out there. Smart home is a huge deal at CES. And even some of the devices I saw at CES, I actually have in hand now and actually made videos about them already. |
| 1:29.4 | And so, yeah, we'd love to talk about all of that. |
| 1:32.7 | Wonderful. Well, I know you are a big HomeKit user, and I mean, I'm personally on the Home Assistant Bandwagon, |
| 1:40.8 | but then I share everything back to HomeKit, so I get full control of everything through my Homepods and the wonderful Apple lady whose name I shall not say just in case I trigger |
| 1:49.8 | everybody's Homepods at home. So I know that there were quite a few things that were announced |
| 1:56.1 | at CES specifically for HomeKit users. And actually, there's a really lovely website called HomeKit News, which just focuses on |
| 2:03.7 | HomeKit Smart Home stuff. |
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