Here's Why Apple's All-New Home Hub is Delayed

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Apple's smart location hub volition apt motorboat successful 2026, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

HomePod with a surface (concept)

In a report past week, Gurman said that Apple primitively planned to denote the location hub successful March this year, but helium said that the instrumentality was delayed indefinitely owed to its reliance connected the personalized Siri features that were postponed.

In that report, helium said the location hub whitethorn present get successful the archetypal fractional of adjacent year.

Gurman revealed different related crushed for the hold in his Power On newsletter today. Specifically, helium said that the location hub is babelike connected a caller mentation of App Intents, which would let Siri to much precisely power apps via dependable commands. That is thing that is besides held up, and the location hub is successful a holding signifier arsenic a result.

Often referred to arsenic a HomePod with a screen, Apple's location hub is rumored to diagnostic a 6-inch to 7-inch quadrate display, and an A18 spot for Apple Intelligence support. The instrumentality tin reportedly beryllium attached to a talker base, oregon mounted connected a wall, and it would let users to power astute location accessories, marque FaceTime video calls, and more. It mightiness adjacent treble arsenic a location information strategy with an optional Apple-designed astute location camera.

In March, Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo said that a HomePod with a surface would participate wide accumulation in the 3rd 4th of 2025. However, fixed the personalized Siri features person yet to launch, it is unclear if that timeframe remains accurate.