Overview
- Bloomberg reports the hardware has been finished for months, with Apple now targeting around September when the revamped Siri is expected to be ready alongside iOS/tvOS 27 and iPhone 18 Pro.
- The device is described as a roughly 7-inch, square, iPad-like display that can mount to a wall or a half-dome speaker base, running Apple apps on a variation of tvOS 27 without its own App Store.
- A facial recognition system and presence sensing are reportedly central to the experience, surfacing personalized calendars, notes, music, and news for each household member.
- Prototype leaks from Kosutami point to a MagSafe-like snap-to-wall mount and native doorbell integration, while code findings suggest an A18-class chip to support on-device Apple Intelligence.
- Reporting also outlines a broader home roadmap, including a larger robotic-arm model targeted for 2027, with some related products said to be queued on the same Siri software timeline.