Apple's future smart home ambitions leverage robotics, and go far beyond simple HomeKit lights

Apple is said to be considering future products that make it easier to consolidate information from other smart home devices, and a room assistant that could point a screen at you constantly, as you move around the space.An artist's rendition of a HomePod with a displayApple continues to have grand ambitions for more products in the smart-home category, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. One fairly obvious future idea would be a revamped Apple TV set-top box with a built-in camera for video conferencing.Another is said to be a lightweight 'smart display' that would gather data from home devices, and could more easily be carried by users with them and docked with charging hubs around the house. The device is said to be akin to a low-end iPad. Rumor Score: