Apple would not launch its connected screen for home automation as soon as

In recent months, the launch of a Domotic screen at Apple In 2025 shed ink. For the moment nicknamed Homepad, a mixture between Homepod and iPad, this device would have everything to become the hub of a connected house. As a bonus, it would display information through users (weather, news, etc.) throughout the day and would offer the possibility of making Visio calls.

Bad news, his arrival would be pushed back by a few months. While Mark Gurman estimated that Apple was aimed at a launch window for the month of March 2025, the Bloomberg journalist admits less and less confident about this possibility.

In Januaryhe already pointed out that the connected screen “Could take more time” To arrive, in particular because of the link between the bone of the device and certain features of iOS 18.4/iOS 19. “It is therefore plausible that the equipment itself only delivered later”said Mark Gurman. For information, iOS 18.4 is expected for the end of March or early April 2025, a few weeks after the marketing of the iPhone SE 4.

This February 9, the journalist a layer By declaring: “Apple is interested in connected home technology, and its first major product in this segment – a hub that can serve as a control center – is a few months from its marketing”.

If he specifies that the connected screen is still “of the months” From its marketing, we can conclude that the current month and the next one are not part of a potential date of formalization. For 9TO5MACthe most optimistic would be to expect an release in April, which would coincide with the arrival of Siri's extensive capacities under iOS 18.4.

It remains to be seen whether everything will be well ready at that time. Apple could also consider an ad during WWDC 2025, allowing it to make it an Apple Intelligence showcase, with potentially extensive features thanks to iOS 19.

For his part, the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is leaning rather for A launch in the second half of 2025.