Last Update: August 09, 2022, 15:58 IST
Apple may soon bring a new HomePod speaker
According to reports, the ‘Next-Generation Home’ devices may arrive in late 2023 or early 2024.
Apple is likely to bring back its original HomePod in a new avatar with a new HomePod Mini smart home speaker in early 2023. After discontinuing the larger HomePod in March 2021, the company expects to bring it back in the first quarter. Next year, predicts Apple analysts Mark Gurman and Ming-Chi Kuo.
Apple is reportedly also working on several other “home” products, including a device that pairs a HomePod with an Apple TV and a FaceTime camera. There may also be a “kitchen-bound device resembling an iPad on a robotic arm” on the way.
Other next-generation home devices could arrive in late 2023 or early 2024, reports AppleInsider. Apple Currently sells the $99 HomePod Mini as a model only. The original HomePod with more impressive sound was discontinued last year after a price cut from $349 to $299.
According to Kuo, smart speakers are “undoubtedly one of the essential elements of the home ecosystem”. The analyst also predicted that the tech giant is developing a new version of the Apple TV set-top box, aimed at reducing the cost structure.
In Apple’s second-quarter earnings, wearables/home/accessories, which include the Apple Watch, AirPods and HomePods, fell nearly 8 percent from $8.8 billion to $8.1 billion.
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