Apple hasn’t had a great track record of success when it comes to smart home gadgets or… Smart cars. The Cupertino, California tech giant The idea of home robots is said to be getting pretty popular right now. We’ve finally gotten our first hint from a reliable rumor mill about Apple’s next big project. It looks to be a big-screen iPad attached to a robotic arm on a table. Think more Homepod than Samsung Ballie, but with a screen that can rotate and swivel, all powered by artificial intelligence.
We’ve heard hints of this shift to smart home robots earlier this year, but a new report from… Bloomberg Apple has put hundreds of employees on the iPad and the robotic arm, Mark Gurman says. Gorman cites unnamed sources familiar with Apple’s latest effort, who say the arm will be a smart home “command center” that’s a Homepod, video conferencing window, and security tool all rolled into one. Imagine putting an Amazon Echo Show or a Pixel tablet with its smart home hub built around a thin mechanical arm with built-in motors to move it.
Apple reportedly first greenlit the idea in 2022. However, the project has grown in popularity in recent months following the demise of a long-awaited electric vehicle from the Apple brand, as first reported by Bloomberg in February. This also coincides with Apple’s big move into artificial intelligence, which it has called… Apple’s intelligenceThe device likely uses AI to some extent, and it’s likely to use Siri AI to listen to users’ directions.
According to a Bloomberg report, CEO Tim Cook has backed the initiative. He sits alongside hardware engineering chief John Ternos and vice president of technology Kevin Lynch. Lynch was also at the helm of Apple’s smart car project. Homepod vice president of hardware engineering Matt Costello is also said to oversee the hardware side.
Smart home technology has not been a profit-generating force for many major tech companies. Last month, Wall Street Journal Amazon is reportedly burning billions of dollars with its Echo lineup. The company has attempted a loss-making strategy of offering affordable devices to bring Alexa into millions of homes. Amazon is trying to improve Alexa with artificial intelligence, including Apple, Google, Samsung, and nearly every major tech brand. Amazon wants users Buy a subscription To access AI Alexa.
The current build being tested is said to still be running a modified version of iPadOS, a software suite known for lagging behind macOS in terms of diversity. The software might run better on a movable arm mounted on a table, but Apple would still have to significantly modify it to create something fast enough to use on the go.
It’s still early days and Bloomberg says we’ll see this drop in 2026 or 2027 approaching $1,000. However, from the beginningThe idea of a robotic arm with a screen brings to mind images of Jetson– Like future technology in the 1950s This seems much less useful in today’s age of pocket-sized smartphones.
