Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays (bloomberg.com)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/13/1846238/apple-plots-expansion-into-ai-robots-home-security-and-smart-displays
- Source link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/apple-s-ai-turnaround-plan-robots-lifelike-siri-and-home-security-cameras
> 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.
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> 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.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/apple-s-ai-turnaround-plan-robots-lifelike-siri-and-home-security-cameras
We'll see! (Score:2)
I'm wondering how is it, if they're so close to doing this, that Siri is still such a moron. Alexa runs circles around her.
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....
Desktop companion? (Score:3, 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.
Re: (Score:2, Flamebait)
> 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
The devil is in the details (Score:5, Insightful)
Apple Cameras? Cool. Subscription based? F*ck that sh*t.
Re: (Score:2)
> 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: (Score:2)
> 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.