Apple’s first smart home display could pay homage to a classic iMac
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6RS9N)
A smart home display that looks like the iMac G4 would be irresistible. | Photo: Wes Davis / The Verge The smart home display that Apple is rumored to be releasing next year could sport a look that harkens back to the iMac G4, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman suggests in his Power On newsletter today.
The new smart home display will apparently be small. Gurman writes it will have a square display angled above a small base that makes it reminiscent of the circular bottom of the iMac G4 from a couple of decades ago." It may have speakers, essentially making it the HomePod with a screen that's been rumored as one of Apple's possible smart home futures.
Gurman didn't say how much this device might cost but has hinted at an affordable" smart home device with a square display in the past. Rumors have suggested Apple will release a $1,000 model with a...