Three New Apple Home Products Rumored for 2026

[Xade]

Does anyone actually care any more?

 

[Lioness~]

I would prefer an upgraded CEO before I consider more or different products from Apple.

 

[Topfry]

I would prefer an upgraded CEO before I consider more or different products from Apple.

Sorry - Mr Cook is not compatible with anything past osx Catalina

 

[whelmedjedi]

Fake news.

 

[Jason2000]

A home hub? No, I don't need it. I don't think anyone does.

Thanks. I appreciate you letting me know what I want or need.

 

[Populus]

That makes no sense. They can’t drop them before they’ve been released.

I meant in the sense of… letting them “fall into the stores”. I’m not a native English speaker so if you don’t mind, just let that one pass.

 

[Frazzle]

I'll believe it as soon as Siri is no longer dumb as rocks.

 

[Frazzle]

One of the richest companies in the world and yet one of the slowest companies to fix bugs, add useful features or release anything exciting.

 

[TJFDenver]

I’d be interested in the home hub but not for more than 450-525 … my guess is iApple will be charging close to a grand for it

 

[Lampekap]

Not interested at all. Give us what we want. Usable user interfaces, a larger iMac, normal priced displays, less ***** subscriptions, maybe a working Siri.

 

[Lampekap]

One of the richest companies in the world and yet one of the slowest companies to fix bugs, add useful features or release anything exciting.

They have absolutely no vision anymore. Under Tim it’s AirPods and M processors that succeeded. Everything else is completely fked up.

 

[guci0]

Newest AIR Ports are needed!

 

[Mediakip]

We are expecting ”anytime” to be anytime soon… 😆

 

[franzkfk]

Timmy, make a f*****g robot vacuum cleaner!!!

 

[Farquar]

Thanks. I appreciate you letting me know what I want or need.

That's what companies do all day long.

 

[pelegri]

Given how long a home hub with a screen has been rumored without appearing, it's very much in the "I'll believe it when I see it" category, but IF this hypothetical device could be used for FaceTime it would be a genuinely useful replacement for an iPad for "phone duty" with an elderly relative.

We have for many years had an iPad at the parents' house, and they (being VERY old and about tech savvy enough to manage changing the channel on the TV) learned just enough to understand how to swipe to answer a call. Living in another country that's been a massive quality-of-life improvement; instead of a short, overpriced phone call (which at this point would mostly consist of "WHAT?!" because of hearing loss), you get a leisurely conversation, some actual time looking at another person's face, and the ability to hear the conversation because the iPad can automatically connect to a hearing aid.

But in this setup the iPad is just a glorified video phone, and having to set it up on a table to talk is more work than an able-bodied person with a smoothly-operating brain would expect. So something that just sits there on a table, can be a video phone, and doesn't do a bunch of unnecessary stuff would be an improvement.

I was about to post a similar comment.

I'd buy a device that I can gift my elderly parent to simplify calls, as well as share content and music. It has to be foolproof and totally reliable. I already have an electronic picture frame that I push content to.

 

[Stuipdboy1000]

B&H have once again marked a model of the HomePod mini as discontinued.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1668450-REG/apple_mj2c3ll_a_homepod_mini_blue.html

 

[kkclstuff]

only colors left...

 

[deesedani]

That's disappointing to hear. Which IKEA stuff was it?

I'm beginning to think buying someone else's matter-capable hub might make more sense for me than continuing to wait for an updated one in the next Apple TV before buying one.

It’s was light bulbs and plugs that I issues with