Apple could be planning a surprise Amazon Astro robot rival for your smart home

Date:
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 10:32:55 +0000

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A new report claims Apple is working on a set of home robots that could help you around the house.

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Lets be honest, Apples reportedly canceled self-driving car project sounds like it was a bit of a disaster. But dont think that Apple throwing in the towel means the company has given up on moonshot ideas. No, if a new report
is correct, it looks like Apple has quickly moved onto its next big thing
and we guarantee its not what you were expecting.

According to Bloombergs Mark Gurman , Apple is working on a personal robot that could use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to follow you around your home, performing useful tasks and being a general helper around the house.

Gurman says that Apple has teams investigating a push into personal robotics. Proposed products include a mobile robot that can follow users around their homes and an advanced table-top home device that uses robotics to move a display around.

That second idea sounds a lot like the rumored HomePod with an iPad display that has been doing the rounds recently. However, Gurmans report makes clear that that is a separate device. Clearly, though, Apple is thinking seriously about how it can integrate its products even further into your home life including with an unlikely Amazon Astro rival. Apples next big thing? (Image credit: Shutterstock)

Although these concepts might have an air of the fantastical about them, Gurman has a solid record when it comes to Apple leaks and rumors. These projects are reportedly in their early stages, though, so they might never
see the light of day.

Apple's ambitions for its robot project may also have been scaled down. According to Bloomberg's report, the original idea was "a device that could navigate entirely on its own without human intervention like the car and serve as a videoconferencing tool". But a robot that can help with your
chores is apparently off the table until the 2030s, due to the tricky engineering challenges.

With the cancelation of Apples self-driving car , it seems the company is desperate to find the next big thing that will carry it into the coming decades. Is the Apple Vision Pro not that next big thing? Gurman thinks not, if only because its expected to take years to become a major moneymaker.

So, while we wait for the Vision Pros price to come down and for the device
to really enter the mainstream, it seems like we could one day get Apple-branded robo-helpers performing household chores for us. Now theres a sentence we never thought wed write. You might also like Apple Car: it's the end of the road, but here's what could have happened Apples HomePod with a screen now rumored for 2025 release, but has the Echo Show already won that smart home race? Apple's Car project is dead according to a report and everything I've been telling you for the last nine years



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