Apple Is Reportedly Thinking About Making Its Own TV Again

How excited are you astir the imaginable of Apple really launching its ain TV? According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman’s latest newsletter, the Cupertino institution “may revisit the thought of making an Apple-branded TV set,” which helium says it has been “evaluating” for immoderate time.

The archetypal clip we heard rumors of an Apple television was astir 14 years ago, though Steve Jobs aboriginal dismissed the thought of a TV, claiming determination was nary marketplace for it then. We aboriginal recovered Jobs had a program for an “integrated” Apple TV successful 1 of his biographies.

However, according to Gurman, an Apple tv volition apt not hap if immoderate of Apple’s rumored hardware releases fail. One of these releases includes a Google Nest Hub-like smart location device, essentially an iPad mounted to a wall. It volition connection integration with each different astute Apple devices and the enactment to power them.

According to the predictions, it volition tally connected a caller operating strategy called homeOS and tout Apple’s new and yet astute Siri and the all-new Apple Intelligence.

Earlier this month, Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo besides heard astir different imaginable Apple release: a astute location IP (Internet Protocol) camera. Reportedly, Apple volition worldly this merchandise with the revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence.

The Cupertino institution seems truly invested successful astute location exertion lately. Apple is reportedly toying with the conception of producing an wholly new astute location device. This is antithetic from the Nest-like hub talked astir earlier. This 1 is going to beryllium an precocious mentation of the existing HomePod.

Gurman predicts the HomePod volition turn a surface arsenic large arsenic 2 iPhones placed broadside by broadside truthful that users tin navigate to marque video calls, surf the web, and cheque the calendar, among different tasks. This revamped HomePod volition look similar the past iMac G4 from 2002.

He besides hints astatine different imaginable merchandise that mightiness travel the iMac G4-style HomePod: a much premium astute location instrumentality with a bigger screen. This 1 volition beryllium controlled by a robotic limb that moves the surface truthful that it follows you astir the room. Predictions constituent towards a whopping $1,000 terms for this product.

A 9to5Mac prediction I recovered invaluable was that “Apple apt truly wants to propulsion the thought of customers utilizing Apple Vision Pro arsenic their location theater, which this would spell against.” If Apple soon realizes its TV acceptable could termination its XR headset (even more), it mightiness bash distant with its plan.