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Does it do a good job trapping boogers?

Foldable phones don't make much sense (remember the flip phone? So gone now)... a foldable tablet might, in some cases (certainly makes them more portable, and they are more deliberately used devices than a phone which we use 100 times an hour), making flipping stupid.

A foldable MacBook I presume would mean left/right "wings" that open up for a wider display (not sure how the whole mess closes elegantly) but this could be of interest to a few different segments, creatives being first that comes to mind...

                

Apple, are you going to give us a holiday gift (Home and HomePod updates), or do those coals remain in our collective stockings???

Mess for me too, though I don't know if it was the Home architecture upgrade or the Original HomePod 16.3 update which were rolled at the same time.

Either one or both broke the default audio out  from the Apple TV 4k (2nd and third generations) to the HomePods (all original, some single, some stereo pairs). Busted. Broken.

You can use the Temporary Audio Out, sometimes, but even if you do, this then interferes with later Hey Siri requests to the HomePods, where it says it's having trouble connecting to Apple Music. You have to turn that off, or force music from your phone to the HomePod to shake Siri awake it seems (and they seems to turn off the Temporary speaker setting.

Quite a mess. Before this news, Apple support also hinted at a roll back option, but said it would wipe out my entire Home (devices/rooms/automations/scenes). The fact that they even offered a roll back was a huge indication something was wrong, as that nearly never happens. But starting from scratch is a no go for me (more than 100 devices, many automatons and scenes etc.), so I have a case open with Apple to pursue this until they fix with an update. Atrocious, and why they would even release this 10 days before Christmas/Years, when I would suspect there is an increased using in music and lighting control, is beyond mystifying...

I tried a developer 16.3 tvOS beta to see if it would fix the issue - no dice. There was a 16.3 pushed to the one HP Mini I have (that's not in a room with an Apple TV), but thus far no 16.3 for the original HomePod.

Tim, this is a mess, and I think Apple should address this screw up more proactively and clearly. Tech support is constantly clueless, a problem that is worsening over the past few years for Apple.

Huge Apple family here, but I don't like the cracks I am seeing.