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Apple home hub device built around Siri AI may be almost ready

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  • A smart display from Apple that would compete with Amazon's Echo Show or Google's Nest Hub has been rumored since 2022, but may launch soon.
  • More controversially, it would feature facial recognition through the camera systems to identify who is looking at the screen and personalize the contents "including apps, notes, calendar appointments, news, music and podcasts," according to the report.
  • The device's functions will revolve around Siri AI letting you look up information across devices and accounts.

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The device's functions will revolve around Siri AI letting you look up information across devices and accounts.

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It would either sit on a stand like a sliced-in-half HomePod Mini or attach to a wall.

A smart display from Apple that would compete with Amazon's Echo Show or Google's Nest Hub has been rumored since 2022, but may launch soon. Dubbed J490 inside Apple, the device is now being widely tested in workers' homes ahead of a release, Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman reported last night.

More controversially, it would feature facial recognition through the camera systems to identify who is looking at the screen and personalize the contents "including apps, notes, calendar appointments, news, music and podcasts," according to the report. The display will support a home screen, widgets and clock faces like those on the iPhone Duo's standby mode.

The device's functions will revolve around Siri AI letting you look up information across devices and accounts.

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