After the announcement of the new HomePod, it seems that Apple has prepared more news related to home automationand one would include some kind of cheap iPad to control HomeKit.
Apple wants to bet more on the smart home, and for this it plans to launch a product that would serve as a control screen for home automation in our home. We can control HomeKit through our voice, our iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, but he also wants there to be an information screen where we can see information about our home without having to use our iPad or iPhone, and from which we can also control HomeKit. Its functions would not only be those, It would also be used to make video calls. It would essentially be a “cheap” iPad that could be placed on the wall or any other surface using a magnetic mounting system.
Many users already have a screen very similar to the one we are talking about, because they took an old iPad that no longer serves much and hung it on the wall to leave it only as a home automation control screen. Surely this device we are talking about would have an interface more suitable for this functionality, for example, with weather information, buttons of different sizes, etc.. Gurman assures that Apple is considering different screen sizes, but for the moment the idea of screens larger than that of an iPad does not completely convince them.
In addition to this home automation control screen, Apple has prepared a new Apple TV with a faster processor, for the beginning of 2024, with the same design as the current model. Finally Gurman argues that the idea of a hybrid device between HomePod, Apple TV and FaceTime Camera It is still on the table, and although the original idea was to launch it this year, the project has suffered several delays and for now the release date would be next year at the earliest.
