Sources: Apple is preparing to debut a smart home hub with a 7" square display and facial recognition tech, a new Apple TV, and a refreshed HomePod mini in 2026
Sources: Apple is preparing to debut a smart home hub with a 7" square display and facial recognition tech, a new Apple TV, and a refreshed HomePod mini in 2026
Apple Inc., after spending years as a laggard in the smart home market, is preparing a dramatic new push into the category with fresh devices and software.
Sources: Apple delays its iPhone-connected smart glasses to late 2027, aiming to disrupt the mid-tier $200-$500 eyewear market like it did with the watch market
Also: The latest on iOS 27, iOS 28, new Apple TV and HomePod mini. — Apple isn't just going after Meta with its upcoming iPhone-connected smart glasses.
Sources: Apple delays iPhone-connected smart glasses to late 2027, aiming to disrupt the mid-tier $200-$500 eyewear market the way it disrupted the watch market
Also: The latest on iOS 27, iOS 28, new Apple TV and HomePod mini. — Apple isn't just going after Meta with its upcoming iPhone-connected smart glasses.
Google Home Speaker hands-on: the new $99 speaker is around the same size as a HomePod mini, but wider and flatter, and Gemini is a vastly improved assistant
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Sources: Apple plans to debut its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip in Apple TV and HomePod mini refreshes in 2025, in iPhones later in 2025, and iPads and Macs by 2026
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg :
Kuo: Apple delays the mass production of a smart home-focused, display-equipped HomePod until after WWDC 2025 or Q3 2025, mainly due to software development
- The mass production schedule for the display-equipped HomePod has been delayed multiple times.
Sources: Apple delays the production of a cheaper Vision Pro beyond 2027, meaning its only new headset in 2025 will be a Vision Pro with an M5 chip
M4 Max beats the Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 9 9950X Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac : Kuo: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision’ headset delayed beyond 2027 Carrie Marshall / T3 : Apple Vision Pro could get a major upg...
Sources: Apple made generative AI a tent-pole project after Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT and found Siri to be antiquated
here's the key upgrades Adam Davidson / Pocket-lint : Siri is outdated, but a better version might be coming The Economic Times : iOS 18: Your iPhone may soon have ChatGPT Griffin Eckstein / Salon : A...
Apple plans to ship the $3,499+ Vision Pro on February 2 in the US, after opening pre-orders on January 19 at 8am ET, with a Solo Knit Band and a Dual Loop Band
Again Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Here's everything that Apple includes in the Vision Pro box Nick Evanson / PC Gamer : The $3,499 Apple Vision Pro finally has an actual release date, and will be on sa...