Apple could also be delivery a revamped HomePod, full with a 7-inch display screen, come the primary half of 2024.
In line with famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has been reportedly engaged on HomePods with screens earlier than, maybe bringing collectively the good speaker with Apple TV+. Kuo doesn’t element what the display screen may very well be used for, however he does now put a date on its launch.
Kuo additionally said that Tianma, which usually makes screens for Android units, will create the 7-inch show panel:
“I predict that Apple will unveil a redesigned HomePod that includes a 7-inch panel in 1H24, with Tianma because the unique panel provider,” he says. “The HomePod, which equips a panel, might allow tighter integration with Apple’s different {hardware} merchandise, marking a big shift within the firm’s good dwelling technique.”
Kuo said that the backing for the prediction seems to have surfaced from info that Apple “is ready to debut in Apple’s provide chain, turning into a brand new beneficiary of Apple’s revamped good dwelling technique.”
Kuo additionally said that “Tianma’s subsequent orders from Apple could also be iPad panels if the cargo goes effectively,” he surmises.
In 2022, Kuo did appropriately predict that Apple would launch a brand new HomePod mannequin in late 2022 or, because it turned out, early 2023.
Keep tuned for extra particulars as they develop into obtainable.
By way of AppleInsider and Medium
