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Apple Tests Smart Home Display in Employees' Homes, May Launch Next Month

Apple is testing a smart home display in employees' homes and could launch it as early as next month, with Siri AI and camera-based facial recognition, Android Authority reported, citing Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-21 18:13

According to the report, Apple's smart home display will feature Wi-Fi support, an advanced display, a camera and microphones. Its user interface is said to look like a mashup of iOS, tvOS and watchOS, with its own widgets, home screen and clock faces. The device is expected to rely heavily on an improved version of Siri AI, which Apple reportedly expects people to use to look up information across their devices and carry out precise tasks in apps such as Notes and Reminders.

The report follows earlier evidence that Apple has been developing two smart displays codenamed J490 and J491. The latest details focus on how the device would work in a home and how it might identify different users.

The report also describes facial-recognition technology for the smart display. Apple will use the display's camera to identify who is looking at the screen and show personalized content, according to the report. That approach is similar to Face Match on the Nest Hub Max, which uses facial recognition to identify the person looking at the screen and surface personalized information. The Nest Hub Max feature allows household members to view their calendar entries, notes and other personal information securely on a shared device.

The facial recognition described in the report also sounds similar to the secure face-unlock technology that has appeared on Pixel phones since the Pixel 8. Because Apple's smart display probably will not use Face ID sensors, the report says, it will likely use machine learning to securely identify a registered user.

The same technology could also reach the iPhone Duo, according to the report. The punch-hole camera in the Duo's cover display is likely to be adequate for software-supported facial recognition. The under-display camera on the iPhone Duo's inner screen, however, has noticeably lower quality, so it may not support facial recognition, the report says.

Apple could launch its smart home display as early as next month.