While Apple ’s HomePod strategy has been moderately scattered , with the original high - end speakerdiscontinuedlast year and the cheaperHomePod ministruggling to vie against the Amazon Echo and Google Nest Audio , Apple reportedly has n’t given up on its fresh home imaginativeness .
agree to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg , Apple is “ absolutely ” still working on a new HomePod , though it wo n’t be another standalone loudspeaker system . Gurman enjoin the Modern gadget will combine a HomePod , Apple TV , and FaceTime camera into a single “ combination ware will probably be at the center of Apple ’s access . ”
We ’ve get a line this rumour before , but it ’s been a while . Last April , Gurman report that Apple was working on a Cartesian product that combines “ an Apple TV put - top box with a HomePod speaker ” with “ a photographic camera for telecasting conferencing through a connected tv set and other smart - plate functions . ” That sound an terrible lot like this twist , which is evidently much closemouthed to let go of .
Could the Studio Display be hiding HomePod secrets?
Gurman does n’t give a timeframe for release , nor does he offer any particular on what the gadget would appear like , but it ’s not surd to imagine what Apple could have in mind . And might look a little something like a production Apple already sell .
Home Studio
HomePod might not be the matter that springs to psyche when you look at Apple ’s fresh Studio Display , but it ’s not all that dissimilar than the machine Gurman trace . It ’s got spatial audio through a gamy - fidelity six - speaker system , “ Hey Siri ” support via its built - in three - mic array , and a 12MP radical - wide camera with Center Stage Support . That sounds a HomePod with a display , does it not ?
Of course , the Studio Display is n’t a unfeignedly standalone gadget , but it does have the guts of an iPad , including an A13 Bionic processor and 64 GB of storage . ( For reference point , the original HomePod had an A8 processor and the HomePod miniskirt has an S5 chip from the Apple Watch Series 5 . ) It ’s not a stretching to call back it could double as a paradigm of a cheaper machine that does standardised things — minus the 5 kilobyte display and Mac compatibility .
Could the Studio Display be hide HomePod secrets ?
Could the Studio Display be hiding HomePod secrets?
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For all design and purposes , Studio Display has the makings of a truly wireless autonomous display that runs Apple TV , realize FaceTime calls , and bidding Siri . It just happens to need a Mac to do those things .
Think about it : Apple could shrink the Studio Display design down to 12 or 15 in , bump the solvent down to 1440p , load a visualized interlingual rendition of HomePodOS onto it , and maybe climb on it onto a HomePod mini - style groundwork to keep with the definitive stylings . The concept would n’t have to change all that much , Apple would just have to wrick on the bits of Studio Display that are n’t work right now and miniaturise that whole thing . It would n’t be cheap , but we already acknowledge a HomePod with a display is likely going to cost $ 599 or $ 699 , anyway .
Who would n’t desire a small Studio Display on their nightstand ? We bang we ’d buy one .
Read HomePod with a screen and Apple ’s Home Hub / impertinent display plans .
