Apple’s iOS 26 code hints at HomePod with display

In iOS 26 beta 4, a HomePod setting mentions a display-equipped HomePod, suggesting a potential future product that might launch soon.
Juli Clover for MacRumors:
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There’s a location-related setting that has the following wording:
Your HomePod won’t be able to show you the local weather, time, or respond to Siri requests about your area.
“Show” is an interesting word for Apple to choose, because right now, the ‌HomePod‌ isn’t able to show anything like the weather or the time because it doesn’t have a screen to display the information.
There have been multiple rumors of a ‌HomePod‌ with a display over the last few years, and the screen-equipped ‌HomePod‌ may in fact turn out to be the home hub that Apple has in development… It will be able to control all of your HomeKit and Matter devices, plus it will run Apple apps like Weather, Calendar, Apple Music, Photos, Apple News, and more.

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MacDailyNews Take: Release it as soon as Siri turns from a hinderance into an asset.

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