MacRumors has confirmed that the A18 chip in Apple’s new HomeView smart home hub is paired with 8GB of RAM. This isn’t very surprising given that the A18 chip also has 8GB of RAM in all iPhone 16 models and the MacBook Neo, but Apple doesn’t list this information in HomeView’s technical specifications, so it’s worth documenting.
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