Today we get an intriguing new entry from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has an outstanding track record on everything Apple related. He says the company may be working on a strange Frankenstein device that would be a home speaker with a TV operating system and a built-in camera.
When you think about it for a while, it all starts to make sense. This would be a new HomePod with a FaceTime camera, which runs tVOS. Obviously! It can be your streaming / TV box, hooked up to a TV and you can make video calls on that big screen through its camera. In addition, it will also be a great speaker to fill your living room. As we said, the more you think about it, the more sense it makes.
Gurman says this “combination product” would be “at the heart of Apple’s approach” to the living room, with the mini HomePods “surrounding it throughout the house.” Speaking of which, a new HomePod mini may be on the way, but not a direct sequel to the HomePod itself (discontinued last year) – that role will be taken over by the aforementioned hybrid device.
It’s unclear which launch window Apple is targeting with this product, but we’ll let you know when we know more.
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