Apple Inc. Plans To Make Its Long-Delayed Push Into The Smart-Home Market On Oct. 13- Bloomberg News

AAPL plans to enter the smart-home market on Oct. 13 with a new lineup centered around Siri AI, The main product is a roughly 6-inch smart-home display that can sit on a counter or mount on a wall. It's designed to recognize different household members by voice or face and automatically show personalized messages, calendars, contacts, notes and apps. Apple sees the hub as a central controller for things like locks, thermostats, FaceTime, music, recipes and other connected devices. Apple is also expected to unveil: · A new HomePod mini with faster hardware for Siri AI · A new Apple TV with upgraded processors · A broader smart-home ecosystem around HomeKit and Siri Further out, Apple is developing a privacy-focused home sensor and a higher-end 9-inch hub with a robotic arm that can rotate the display 360 degrees. The smart-home push is one of the first major product expansions under new CEO John Ternus.