Apple's Upcoming Home Hub Could Include 'Robotic Swiveling Base'

[kalsta]

At-a-glance things like a shared house calendar, weather and news.

All those things are on our phones of course, including the shared calendar. But sigh… your comment does trigger a little nostalgia for the days where we used to actually write on a wall/fridge-hanging paper calendar. 😏

That said, mark my words. If they have an announcement video there will be someone using it in a pristine kitchen while cooking, with a recipe on one side and a video playing on the other, with the video pausing to let them know to take something out of the oven.

Haha, yes, now that’s a Mac rumour I believe!

 

[hoppefamily]

Spring 2026.
Palo Alto.
A bright, sunlit living room.
Not the kind of room where you expect the future to arrive. No neon. No drama. No cinematic fog. Just a kitchen counter, a mug drying near the sink, and a calm hum of domestic life.
And on the counter: a small device.
An iPad-like screen mounted on a thin arm.
A speaker base.
Something that looks… almost normal.
Then it moves.
It tilts.
It rotates.
It finds you.
Not because you asked.
Not because you touched anything.
But because it noticed you.
A woman steps into the room, and the device turns to look at her.
She doesn’t think: that’s surveillance.
She doesn’t think: that’s creepy.
She thinks:“Oh. Hello.”
That’s the moment.Not the AI moment. Not the “capabilities” moment. Not the “LLM performance” moment.
The relationship moment.
And it’s the moment almost everyone has missed.

The Thesis: Apple Isn’t Building Smarter AI. It’s a persistent digital identity.