Is Apple preparing to shake up its lackluster smart home lineup?As first reported by Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman in his latest Power On newsletter (opens in new tab), the tech giant is supposedly working on “at least four” new smart home products – with a HomePod 2, an updated HomePod mini and several never-before-seen devices expected to be among that number.  Not all of the in-development devices will make it to market, Gurman suggests, but it’s thought that the new HomePod and HomePod mini will be joined by a kitchen-based smart display and a living room device designed to connect an Apple TV, camera and HomePod.  The first of the latter two devices is described as being a smart speaker bearing a screen “resembling an iPad” – which sounds, to us, like it could be Apple’s attempt to rival Amazon’s flagship Echo Show home assistant.
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