Apple Home Hub Reportedly Launches on Oct. 13. Here's What We Know
UPDATE 9/30: Apple is set to launch its first smart home hub on Oct. Its 6-inch screen is "as thick as an iPhone" and is expected to come with black bezels, rounded corners, and a FaceTime camera. The screen will be placed on top of the arm, which connects to a round base with perforated speaker holes.The arm will also let users tilt the screen forward or backward, while the front camera will let them unlock the device with Face ID.
- ▪UPDATE 9/30: Apple is set to launch its first smart home hub on Oct.
- ▪Its 6-inch screen is "as thick as an iPhone" and is expected to come with black bezels, rounded corners, and a FaceTime camera.
- ▪The screen will be placed on top of the arm, which connects to a round base with perforated speaker holes.The arm will also let users tilt the screen forward or backward, while the front camera will let them unlock the device with Face ID.
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UPDATE 9/30: Apple is set to launch its first smart home hub on Oct. 13, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says Apple could launch two different versions of the smart hub: one with an arm and a speaker at the bottom, resembling the iMac G4 from 2002, and another with just a wall-mountable display and a thin square-shaped speaker and microphones at the bottom.The one with the polished metal arm is the standard version, Gurman says. Its 6-inch screen is "as thick as an iPhone" and is expected to come with black bezels, rounded corners, and a FaceTime camera.
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