On this week's new episode of HomeKit Insider, founder and CEO of Ome Kitchen, Akshita Iyer, joins to talk through this week's news such as the delay of next-gen Siri, the demise of the Sonos streaming box, and testing robotic vacuum cleaners in the Home app with iOS 18.4. After that, we get into talking about the smart kitchen, running a startup, and the Ome smart knob.

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Links from the show

• Home Assistant Matter certified
• New Home architecture required
• Kuo: Siri delayed for iOS 19 resdesign
• New Roomba models announced
• iRobot Roomba 10 Max Combo
• Video: Hands on with robotic vacuums in Home app
• Walkthrough of robotic vacuums in iOS 18.4
• Sonos cancels streaming box
• Ome Smart Knob

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