Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays (bloomberg.com) 19
Apple is plotting its AI comeback with an ambitious slate of new devices, including robots, a lifelike version of Siri, a smart speaker with a display and home-security cameras, according to Bloomberg. From the report: A tabletop robot that serves as a virtual companion, targeted for 2027, is the centerpiece of the AI strategy, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The smart speaker with a display, meanwhile, is slated to arrive next year, part of a push into entry-level smart-home products.
Home security is seen as another big growth opportunity. New cameras will anchor an Apple security system that can automate household functions. The approach should help make Apple's product ecosystem stickier with consumers, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the initiatives haven't been announced.
Home security is seen as another big growth opportunity. New cameras will anchor an Apple security system that can automate household functions. The approach should help make Apple's product ecosystem stickier with consumers, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the initiatives haven't been announced.
The devil is in the details (Score:5, Insightful)
Apple Cameras? Cool. Subscription based? F*ck that sh*t.
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Subscription based? F*ck that sh*t.
With ads (oh, sorry, "previews/teasers") of their TV shows every time you want to see a security recording, just like on AppleTV+
Re: The devil is in the details (Score:2)
Apple made cameras before. Then they stopped.
Luckily they were just point and shoot so nobody had a bunch of incompatible lenses at that point, just left over floppy disks.
Home security cameras not terribly different .... (Score:2)
Apple made cameras before. Then they stopped.
Apple still makes cameras. They embed them in smartphones, tablets, computers, and displays. Home security cameras are not terribly different than these.
Re: Home security cameras not terribly different . (Score:2)
Sure, if you don't actually care about security. If you do though, then you really should be using different types of sensors, namely ones that favor giving a clean signal even in very low lighting rather than favoring colors and megapixels. You should also take into account things like FOV, which means not buying cookie cutter cameras like you're typically going to find at best buy or that ring crap.
I could see it now though, lots of hipsters with signs in their yard saying "protected by apple" with a big
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Apple Cameras? Cool. Subscription based? F*ck that sh*t.
Subscription, doubtful. Unless we're talking about live streaming to your cloud account that keeps the last 24 hours. They'll probably have 3 tiers, 24, 48, and 72 hours at different price points. It's the Apple way.
We'll see! (Score:3)
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IIUC (dubious) the 'next version of Siri" is actually an entirely different program, just one that fits the same advertising slot. So you really can't judge it based on the current siri...OTOH, judging it based or rumors and PR is, at best, dubious.
Yay. Whee! (Score:2)
Oh good, more stylized crap that no one needs at a price we can't afford, and in 5 years they'll be whinging about the cost of maintaining the back-end infrastructure and they'll simply turn it off. And then someone can write a whinging article about that, too. See also; "Sony Dash" or "Chumby". Or Playstation. Or XBox. Or Star Wars Galaxies. Or....
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Once upon a time new Apple products were at least more-or-less what the rest of the tech industry was doing, All of these vaporware proposals are a decade or more late.
Desktop companion? (Score:4, Funny)
Will it condescendingly snark at you if you don't own a Mac, an iPhone, and an iPad? They need to know their potential userbase to get this right.
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Will it condescendingly snark at you if you don't own a Mac, an iPhone, and an iPad?
No, because they will require an Apple account, and an Apple device from the same account to access it.
Quibbles (Score:1)
So, a comeback implies prior success. Since Apple had no prior AI success, it's more of an AI premiere than an AI comeback.
So, the plans are for AI robots, home security and smart displays. None of these things are new. It's possible that Apple will pull an iPhone moment and wow everyone with its design and execution. However, all of these items are far less impressive than what a self-driving car and VR/AR goggles would have been. The other thing about the iPhone moment was that it was largely based o
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Yip, seems like they are wandering too far out of their lane before getting more AI experience. Walk before you run.
Re: Quibbles (Score:2)
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They stopped their car plans because none of the industry leaders wanted anything to do with them. They probably remembered the long history of ruin and destruction Apple has left behind when they "partner" with some other company.
Maybe they should make inkjet printers too! (Score:2)