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Setting up Apple’s upcoming Home device includes a new step: creating a Photo Face. It’s the same Photo Face coming to StandBy on iPhone Duo. That might explain why Apple hasn’t officially made StandBy available in the simulator.

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Photo Face requires iCloud Photos. During setup, iPhone sends a few full-resolution “cold-start” photos so the face can display immediately. The device then downloads the rest from iCloud. (“Apple device” is a fallback because CoreTypes doesn’t know the new device’s name.)