Apple is working on a smart display with robotic arm, report says [Video]

Apple’s smart home products are about to become a lot more futuristic.

This is according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who detailed the company’s plans for the smart home market over the weekend. Apple is reportedly working on a new operating system called homeOS, as well as two smart displays.

The more advanced of these will have a robotic limb, Gurman claims, and a large, “iPad-like” display. It might cost $1,000 or more, and it probably won’t be ready very soon.

But Apple is also reportedly working on a cheaper smart home display, which won’t have the robotic arm, and will be intended mainly for controlling home appliances and using FaceTime. That one might arrive as early as 2025.

Ultimately, the cheaper display might be a sort of a companion to the more advanced device, though details on how this could work are scarce.

Of course, these devices will run Apple Intelligence, as Apple’s idea is to bring …