Forget the Nest Hub 2 — we want this Apple HomePod TV

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Forget the Nest Hub 2 — we want this Apple HomePod TV

(Image credit: Parker Ortolani)

With the Apple HomePod discontinued and a new, 2nd-gen Google Nest Hub on the style, Apple is at hazard of losing basis on smart home tech. Unless, that is, it tin can come up with some exciting new products, like this slick Apple smart display concept envisioned by 9to5Mac contributor Parker Ortolani.

The concept design combines aspects of the HomePod, iMac, iPad and even Apple Telly, simply brings them all together into a much more original-looking and distinctive smart brandish than the conservative Nest Hub.

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Identifying that Apple could streamline development by using existing parts, Ortolani'south design is based effectually the same ten.2-inch screen every bit the standard iPad. That's mounted to a metal stand reminiscent of the iMac line, in contrast to the new Nest Hub'south combined base and speaker. Besides aesthetics, this would grant the benefit of being able to accommodate the screen's angle, something practically unheard of on current smart displays without the aid of a split up stand.

Apple tree TV's tvOS would exist repurposed to work on a small touchscreen, including its screensavers, which become clock backgrounds in Ortolani's concept. A new, dedicated Home app is besides included to handle smart home controls.

Rather than use the audio hardware from the HomePod or HomePod mini, Ortolani proposes taking the speakers from the 12.ix-inch iPad Pro instead. This would, in theory, replicate the tablet's relatively loftier sound quality without compromising the smart display's sleekness; something that larger sound drivers would adventure. Still, the concept includes the power to connect a pair of HomePod mini speakers to apply as an expanded stereo pair.

"This product would absolutely be a highly premium device. It would likely exist more expensive than the original HomePod even was," wrote Ortolani. "But customers would better understand the value they are getting out of a device with a display, even at a higher price point."

I'm not every bit convinced Apple could aim so high with its pricing — the cost of the HomePod is partially why information technology never became the mega-hit that Apple is accustomed to, leaving it discontinued while the $99 HomePod mini carries on.

But this concept design is definitely a lot more stylish than most smart displays, and Apple tree could well be mulling over a new kind of production instead of trying once again with a HomePod ii. So who knows? Maybe we could eventually have these niggling iPad/iMac/HomePod hybrids in our kitchens and living rooms.

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James is currently Hardware Editor at Rock Newspaper Shotgun, but before that was Audio Editor at Tom's Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and anything else that intentionally makes racket. A PC enthusiast, he also wrote calculating and gaming news for TG, unremarkably relating to how hard it is to notice graphics carte du jour stock.

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