Apple is working on a new smart home accessory that will serve as a hub for interacting with Siri AI, controlling HomeKit devices, watching videos, checking the calendar and the weather, and generally offering up useful information to everyone in the household. This guide aggregates everything that we know about Apple’s smart home hub. Design Apple’s smart home device will somewhat resemble an iPad, and it will have a display-focused design.
It should be square rather than rectangular, and it will measure in at 6 inches with quarter-inch black bezels around the edges. In terms of size, it will look similar to two iPhones that are side-by-side, and it will be about as thick as an iPhone. Apple imagines people having multiples of the hub in different rooms of the house.
The device will support touch input for opening apps and controlling connected devices. Apple is making two versions of the home hub. One will have a 6-inch display and is meant to be mounted on the wall, and the second version has the same 6-inch display and a hemispherical speaker base that looks similar to the iMac G4.
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The display attaches to the base with a polished metal arm that holds the small screen and allows it to be tilted forward or backward. The base features speaker hole perforations and a rubber bottom for stability.
The original ‌iMac‌ G4 The wall-mounted version will have a thin square base for the speakers and the mics, and it will sit flush against the wall. Both models will have a 1080p camera on the front for FaceTime calls, authenticating users, and recognizing different people in the home.
Apple is planning to release the hub in a gray aluminum finish. The device has no internal battery and is instead meant to be used while connected to power via USB-C.
Sensors The smart home hub will be able to determine how close a person is standing to it, adjusting features from there. When no one is nearby, for example, it might show the temperature, but as someone approaches, it could shift to an interface for adjusting the thermostat.
Person detection will likely allow it to be used in smart home automations for doing things like turning on the lights when someone enters a room. The sensor will be able to tell one person from another, and it could recognize hand gestures for longer-range control.
Facial recognition The home hub will use a Face ID-like feature along with voice for authentication and to identify who is in a room. Each user will have a customizable profile and interface with options to change profiles through the Control Center.
The camera won’t be as accurate as Face ID, so voice is an alternative. Apple’s HomePod also uses voice recognition for some personalized features.
Users will be able to set up secondary authentication with an iPhone for more security, and a visitor mode will hide personal information. Reportedly there is a Mac-style edge light around the screen to offer lighting so the device can identify people in the dark.
Chip Apple’s smart home accessory should use an A18 chip or better for Apple Intelligence support. Given that ‌Apple Intelligence‌ requires 8GB RAM minimum, it will have at least 8GB RAM.
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