Apple is preparing to launch several new smart home products
In the last few years, Apple has been trying to penetrate markets outside its traditional ones, including the automotive industry. Now, according to the latest report from Mark Gurman, Apple is eyeing the smart home market as well.
In the past, Apple dipped its toe with the HomePod and HomePod mini, but it wasn't the success the company hoped for. It looks like Apple is taking a second shot at this with several new smart home products that will likely be released by the end of 2025 and in early 2026.
One of them is an iPad-like device with a robotic arm. This sounds like a futuristic device, but the report doesn't go into details about what the purpose of the device will be.
Additionally, the company is preparing a lower-end model without the robotic arm. It's codenamed J490 and was supposed to launch sooner, but Apple is reportedly ironing out some issues with Siri. If all goes well, it can see the light of day by the end of this year.
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- MarkGurmanIsLame
- 28 May 2025
- AfM
Oh how neat, another baseless Mark Gurman Apple product update. Apple is working on new products? OMG, how does Mark do it?
- Carol-
- 27 May 2025
- mJ}
All, i see is apple making their walled garden bigger and bigger and bigger, they do not have enough, they just want more, and more, and more..
- Anonymous
- 27 May 2025
- Iby
The HomePod Mini actually found modest success, despite costing twice the competition of Google and Amazon. The problem was that there was no real use case for the full size HomePod. It's not clear what the robot arm will do, but there will need...
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