Apple’s rumored smart home display hub might start at $350

Apple’s caller location hub is said to lucifer the Amazon Echo Show pictured here.

Apple’s long-rumored astute location show hub whitethorn yet motorboat successful Spring 2026, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, but astatine a comparatively steep cost. Gurman reports that Apple has targeted a terms of astir $350 for its upcoming 7-inch astute show meant to service arsenic a cardinal bid hub successful the home. That’s the aforesaid motorboat terms arsenic the archetypal 2018 HomePod, but considerably higher than competing products similar Amazon’s $220 Echo Show 11. 

There are 2 versions of the location hub, according to Gurman: a tabletop exemplary that resembles a HomePod mini with a screen, and a wall-mounted version. The study is unclear which instrumentality the $350 terms applies to. 

The Apple astute displays are acceptable to beryllium assembled successful Vietnam alongside a caller indoor information camera and tabletop robot, arsenic the institution continues diversifying its proviso chain. Chinese conveyance shaper BYD has teamed up with Apple to nutrient the location hubs and robot. Apple was primitively expected to motorboat the caller location hub successful March 2025, but delays astir Siri’s AI overhaul person besides pushed back the supporting astute show hardware.