Home LivingSmart HomeApple’s new iPad tablet sounds like the ultimate smart home upgradeThe 2023 iPad will be a smart home hub, just like Google’s Pixel TabletWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Home LivingSmart HomeApple’s new iPad tablet sounds like the ultimate smart home upgradeThe 2023 iPad will be a smart home hub, just like Google’s Pixel TabletWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The 2023 iPad will be a smart home hub, just like Google’s Pixel Tablet
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Accordingto Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has an impressive track record in reporting future Apple products, “Apple is working to bring similar functionality to theiPadas soon as 2023.”
What’s Apple working on for your smart home?
Gurman had previously reported that Apple was working on a smart home device that would be a HomePod with a screen, or perhaps an iPad with a speaker hub. However, Gurman now reports that Apple has been working on “an iPad docking accessory that… would accomplish much of the same thing.”
That sounds like a great idea to me: I use my iPad with myHive smart thermostatand myHue smart lightsalready, and the revamped Home app in iPadOS 16 is a much improved smart home controller. Having a dock that would automatically switch to home mode or simply prop up your iPad for FaceTime calls would be great, and magnetic docking would mean one less cable cluttering up the side of my sofa. I’ve already gotMagSafe docksdotted around the flat andin the carfor myiPhone 14, and it doesn’t take long before you wonder why anybody ever put up with cabled connections at all.
As ever with predicted new products, Apple might change its mind completely, bin the product altogether or go in a completely different direction. But I hope this one pans out: Apple has been pretty quiet in the smart home department lately, and it’d be good to see some new ideas to make life a little simpler.
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