HomePod With Screen 'Most Significant New Apple Product' of 2025, Says Gurman

In his latest Power On! newsletter, Apple analyst Mark Gurman called the company's new smart device 'Apple's most significant release of the year because it's the first step toward a bigger role in the smart home.' The device in question is rumored to be a new smart hub that could look like a HomePod with a seven-inch screen. Digital Trends reports: Gurman calls the new smart device a 'smaller and cheaper iPad that lets users control appliances, conduct FaceTime chats and handle other tasks.' It doesn't sound like the new hub will stand alone, though; Gurman goes on to say that it 'should be followed by a higher-end version in a few years.' That version should be able to pan and tilt to keep users in-frame during video calls, or just to keep the display visible as someone moves around the home.

Other details are still known, like whether the device will use an original operating system. The overall plan is to make the new smart device the center of an Apple-based smart home and open the doors to a more conversational Siri.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.