A plausible explanation for the “leak” of the indiscretion-filled HomePod system on the iPhone 8

Last Friday, a
HomePod firmware version briefly appeared on an Apple server
accessible to the public. Some developers rushed to download
this one to extract all the substantial marrow.

Because this system includeslots of information to
About iPhone 8, which allow you to obtain confirmations
"official" on certain features. John Gruber, the renowned blogger and
specialized in the Cupertino firm hasan explanation
plausibleon this important leak made by Apple.

According to him, Apple is or was in the process of deployingprototypes
HomePod for employees. And someone at the Cupertino company
would have prepared aspeaker firmware update to be carried out in
ligne.

As this was an internal update not intended for the public, the OS
would have been compiledwithout removing important information
on future products, the iPhone 8 in this case.

But the mistake was to distribute this version of HomePod firmware to
employees using an “unprotected” and publicly accessible server.

As a reminder, the developers were able to extract a lot of information
interesting features of the HomePod OS, namely the design of the front of
the iPhone 8, its resolution, the presence of a facial recognition system
or even newsfeatures
for the camera.

To read or reread, the latest rumorsiPhone 8:

• Identification
  Face and design of the iPhone 8 confirmed in the operating system of
  Apple's HomePod speaker
• 
  iPhone 8 facial recognition should enable authentication
  Apple Pay : bye-bye Touch ID ?
• iPhone
  8: a higher screen resolution, this is how the interface with
  virtual home button could benefit from this
• iPhone
  8: new indications from the speaker firmware
  HomePod
• iPhone 8 one
  images: model in white version and 3D creation
• Nouveau
  analyst report on iPhone 7s and 8: record screen/size ratio, no
  Touch ID under the screen, etc…
• 
  Bloomberg: iPhone 8 Touch ID replaced by recognition
  facial? And “Promotion”
• Details
  for iPhone 2017 forecasts from analyst Ming Chi Kuo: charging
  wireless for all models
• The
  production of the new iPhones ready to start, for release in
  october
• Touch ID
  on the back of the iPhone 8, this rumor that won't die!
• JP Morgan: iPhone 7s with
  glass back, iPhone 8 with AirPods…
• The
  diagram of the supposed iPhone 8 is enriched: charging with the Qi standard and others
  details
• 
  Wireless charging for the next iPhones “officialized” by Apple…
  According to an industry expert
• 
  Two new iPhones only this year... The rumor we don't like
  too much !
• Rumors
  confirmed by Bloomberg: 12 facts to know everything about iPhones
  2017
• 
  iPhone 8 price: a more reasonable increase than previously mentioned
  ?
• 
  The augmented reality of the iPhone 8: the start of a new era for
  Apple according to a specialist analyst
• 
  Rumor: an iPhone 8 “Edition” close to the Galaxy S8, Touch ID on the back,
  etc.
• And
  “True Tone” screen for the 3 new iPhones of 2017?
• 
  iPhone 8: the screen size of the high-end model seems
  converge
• 
  In pictures: how a Touch Bar area could work on the iPhone
  8/ Editing
• 
  iPhone 8: major new features, 3D sensors and AR/VR headset
• 
  Apple's specialist analyst persists: glass and steel for the iPhone 8,
  but not on all models
• 
  iPhone 8 rumor: integrated wireless charging, optional charger
  ?

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