The Apple Intelligence-powered smart home display can be mounted on the wall or attached to "bases with additional speakers". (Photo: MacRumours)
Apple's new range of smart home devices could arrive as early as March 2025, starting with a wall-mounted AI smart home display.
Mark Gurman of Bloomberg revealed in his report that the AI wall tablet functions like a "command center for the home" with Siri and video call features.
Powered by Apple Intelligence, the design of the wall-mounted smart home display is said to look like the conventional home security panel.
Gurman describes the display as square, 6 inches, and "about the size of two iPhones side by side" with a thick bezel around it.
The smart home display reportedly has a camera at the top centre and is powered by a rechargeable built-in battery.
While it is designed to be wall-mounted, Gurman says Apple will offer "bases with additional speakers that can be placed in the kitchen, on a nightstand, or on a desk".
The smart home is also believed to have a system of sensors that adjust its features depending on the user's proximity. For example, it will show the temperature if the user is a few feet away and a home thermostat will appear as the user approaches.
While it is expected to have a new OS (codenamed Pebble) and can be operated almost independently, Gurman says an iPhone is still required for some tasks such as the initial setup.
Gurman previously wrote that the new OS for the smart home devices is likely to be called homeOS, and looks like a hybrid of the iPhone's StandBy mode and watchOS.
For now, there is no plan to launch a separate app store for the smart home display. It will ship with Apple's native apps such as Safari, FaceTime, and Apple Music.
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