Apple's Most Significant Product This Year May Not Be What You Expect

Apple's most significant launch of the year may not be the rumored new iPhone 17 Air, but rather an all-new smart home hub built to deliver AI-driven features to households.In a recent newsletter to subscribers, Mark Gurman reiterates his prediction that in 2025, Apple will enter a new market segment with its Home Hub. The device will function like a smaller and more affordable iPad, capable of controlling appliances, making FaceTime calls, and handling other tasks.It's essentially a HomePod with a roughly 7-inch screen. I still consider it Apple's most significant release of the year because it's the first step toward a bigger role in the smart home. The hub provides another platform for AI features and should be followed by a higher-end version in a few years. That souped-up model is expected to include a robotic limb to allow the screen to follow a user around a room.Continue ReadingSpotlight Deal:New 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro On Sale for $199.01 Off [Deal]Share Article:Facebook,  Twitter,  LinkedIn,  Reddit,  EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook,  Twitter,  LinkedIn,  Newsletter,  App Store,  YouTube

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Apple's Most Significant Product This Year May Not Be What You Expect


Apple's most significant launch of the year may not be the rumored new iPhone 17 Air, but rather an all-new smart home hub built to deliver AI-driven features to households.

In a recent newsletter to subscribers, Mark Gurman reiterates his prediction that in 2025, Apple will enter a new market segment with its Home Hub. The device will function like a smaller and more affordable iPad, capable of controlling appliances, making FaceTime calls, and handling other tasks.

It's essentially a HomePod with a roughly 7-inch screen. I still consider it Apple's most significant release of the year because it's the first step toward a bigger role in the smart home. The hub provides another platform for AI features and should be followed by a higher-end version in a few years. That souped-up model is expected to include a robotic limb to allow the screen to follow a user around a room.

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