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With all the buzz of potential new product releases in (likely) just over a week, including updates to the entry-level iPad and Pro model, Apple also seems to be working on a new accessory for the iPad that will turn it into something of an Echo Show, being a much more participatory element in the whole ecosystem that we can have at home.
And it is that this information comes from nothing more than the analyst Gurman, where in his Power On newsletter to Bloomberg on Saturday he raised the possibility that Apple was working to promote the use that we give to our iPad with the arrival of a new home-oriented accessory. Already last year, Gurman raised the possibility of Apple working on a new type of product that would combine Apple TV, the iPad itself and the HomePod in a single device. And that seems to be the result of that work. Create a kind of Amazon Echo Show where we would integrate the iPad with MagSafe? to the accessory and we could integrate a much more powerful speaker into it.
“Use HomePod Mini technology to create new products“. This intention of Apple seems more visible every day and these rumors are totally based on it. According to Gurman, Apple developed several prototypes of this accessory to provide the desired functionality without the need to create a new product that could only be at home like the Amazon Echo Show compared.
This new accessory would be part of Apple’s strategy to compete with Amazon on domestic issues. Amazon offers a wide range of devices for all tastes and all users, with a price range that makes it easier to reach all users and where Alexa is the protagonist. However, Apple only has HomePod and Apple TV in this area.
The possibility of creating a new Hub at home with the iPad as the protagonist now that with iOS 16.1 it also arrives Question for home automation it seems to make a lot of sense and it would allow Apple to jump right into the battle for the home with a device thousands of homes already own, so the barrier to entry is much lower. We’ll see how that evolves in the coming months and if Apple decides to go all-in on the house with this new accessory.
