Apple has announced that Apple Home will finally support robot vacuums with iOS 18. This was one of just a few updates to Apple Home announced at WWDC 2024. The others were guest access for door locks and hands-free unlocking, plus a new electricity usage feature in the Home app, which is limited to Pacific Gas & Electric in California at launch.
While the updates are often minor, we sometimes get things like an all-new Apple Home app. This is a relatively minor update, however, and I for one had hoped to see support for many more of the device types Matter supports, including TVs, washing machines, and fridges. Apple Home has undergone a significant shift in the last few years as Apple transitions its smart home platform from purely HomeKit to an architecture where HomeKit runs on Matter.