Apple's new HomeView smart home hub features a minimum screen brightness of 0.3 nits, making it the dimmest device in the company's history.
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Apple vice president of hardware engineering, Matthew Costello, confirmed that the company's first smart home hub, HomeView, features a minimum screen brightness of 0.3 nits. This specification makes it the dimmest product Apple has ever designed.
Costello explained that the device is intended for use on a bedside table. The extremely low brightness level was engineered specifically to prevent the screen from disrupting the user's sleep during the night.
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