While we ’re stilllamenting the loss of the HomePod , Apple isfar from done with its impudent speaker . And according toa report from Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman , the next Apple TV and iPad might incorporate HomePod audio element as part of a new push into the smart habitation .
Details are scarce , but Gurman says Apple “ is working on a product that would flux an Apple tv set set - top boxwood with a HomePod speaker and include a tv camera for picture conferencing through a machine-accessible telly and other sassy - rest home mapping . ” The current Apple TV has no loudspeaker system , mike , or photographic camera , so the change would represent a massive shimmy for the machine , which start in 2007 as a “ hobby . ”
translate HomePod with a silver screen and Apple ’s Home Hub / saucy display plans .
A television camera and a talker would outright turn the Apple television receiver into aGoogle Nest HubandAmazon Echo Showcompetitor while afford Apple a much better locating in the smart home race . After discontinuing the original HomePod earlier this year , Apple ’s only smart dwelling machine is the $ 99HomePod mini , which extend Siri capableness and music playback .
Gurman also says Apple is go on a twist that connects to an iPad with an iMac G4 - like robotic arm that “ can move to follow a user around a way . ” Both Amazon novel Echo Show and the Facebook Portal featuring a camera that tracks users as they move .
However , it ’s not clear what an Apple TV with a camera would look like . As it stand , it ’s a machine that is n’t generally positioned in a way of life that would make it natural to use a tv camera , so adding video capability would fundamentally transform the way it ’s used , even if it did n’t have a built - in screen . Gurman does n’t give a timetable for a possible outlet of the newfangled devices , but given that they ’re in “ former development , ” they ’re probable at least a year or more by .
