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The macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate that Apple seeded today has references to several unreleased products, from home devices to iPhones, iPads, AirPods, and Macs.

Some of these codenames have shown up in prior software updates but have new feature flags, while others haven't been seen in the code before.

Home Accessories

• Home Hub (J490/HomeAccessory17,1 and J491/HomeAccessory17,2) – There are references to Siri setup for a “J490” home accessory, which has previously been identified as Apple's upcoming home hub. There's a second reference to J490 and J491. J490 is believed to be the version of the home hub with a base, while J491 is the version that's meant to be mounted on a wall.
• HomePod mini (B525) – Code mentions “Argentium” has been installed on a product codenamed B525, which likely corresponds to the HomePod mini. The current HomePod mini has a B520 codename.
• Home Accessory (J229) – There is a reference to “J229Architecture,” a codename for an unreleased Apple product. J229 previously popped up in iOS 26 last December and was found by Macworld. The site said it was a device with multiple sensors and the ability to detect alarm sounds and capture images. It's possible J229 is the rumored security camera Apple is working on, or some kind of accessory to go with its home hub products.
• Pebble – There's a reference to “Pebble,” which Bloomberg previously said was Apple's codename for the homeOS operating system that runs on the home hub.
• HomeAccessory17,3 (J595) – A tabletop robot.
• Mystery Colors – There are references to colors for a home accessory, which might be linked to the ‌HomePod mini‌ 2, the home hub, or something else. The colors are Rose Pink, Silver, Space Gray, and Starlight.
• Audio Accessory Visual Reasoning – There is an audio_accessory_visual_reasoning string, which could be for the home hub.

Headphones

• AirPods with Cameras (B790) – B790 is the codename for AirPods with a camera, according to Bloomberg. Confusingly, these are not the…