Although it has not had the reception it really deserves, since the latest HomePod is a real virguería, it seems that apple is not giving up.
What’s more, as they progress from MacRummors, The Cupertino firm wants to add even more value to its smart speaker and everything indicates that The next HomePod could have a curved LCD screen designed to show all types of notifications.
The media echoes a post in X by Kosutami, a well-known leaker focused on all kinds of Apple rumors, which has shown several images of parts that supposedly belong to a HomePod prototype with a touch screen.
The device, codenamed B720, apparently features the same design as the current HomePod, but with a distinctive element: a curved and convex LCD screen on top to display content.
This information has been corroborated by other sources and, although at the moment there is no official confirmation from Apple, Everything indicates that it is an addition that will arrive in the next HomePod.
If this is true, what can you expect from this screen? Well, it seems that Apple is looking to adapt the Music and Podcast interfaces to show animations and colors related to the songs and programs that are playing.
In addition, as I have already told you, it would also show notifications from other devices such as iPhone or iPad and it is expected that the screen will have other very interesting virtues focused on video calls.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman was the first to suggest in 2021 that Apple is working on new HomePods with displays and cameras. Earlier this year, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated that Apple plans to launch a redesigned HomePod with a 7-inch screen in the first half of 2024.
In the long term, Apple is believed to be rethinking its smart home strategy and is working on a combined Apple TV and HomePod device, as well as a HomePod with a display mounted on a robotic arm, according to Gurman.
It must be emphasized that at the moment it is mere rumor mill and this HomePod with a screen may remain in limbo. Surely over the next year we will know if it ends up coming out.
