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Apple has planned to release two smart speakers, one of which will have a robotic arm. Bloomberg reports this, Day.Az reports with reference to Lenta.ru.
According to an insider Mark Gurmanthe company has two HomePod devices in development that will have a display. Both smart speakers will receive support for artificial intelligence (AI) Apple Intelligence. They appear in the report under the code names J490 and J595.
Gurman noted that the older version of the gadget will cost more than $1,000, or about 93 thousand rubles. The model will receive a robotic arm to perform various tasks. Apparently, this is the same home robot that Mark Gurman talked about in July. New HomePod models are due out in 2025.
Also, smart speakers will be based on a completely new homeOS operating system, created on the basis of tvOS. Gurman expects that in the future Apple will eliminate tvOS and switch smart speakers, set-top boxes and all home devices to the new system.
The current HomePod speaker does not support AI. In the US, the device costs $299.