A new leak may have revealed more details about Apple’s first smart display
- A 6.7-inch OLED screen is predicted
- This matches other competing smart displays
- The device is rumored to launch in 2025
We still don’t know what Apple will call its first smart display, but it looks like there’s almost certainly some kind of HomePod-meets-iPad device on the way – and we just got some more information about the screen in a new leak .
According to South Korean outlet Seoul Economic Journal (via @Jukanlosreve), the OLED display of the upcoming smart home gadget will be equipped with low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) technology.
That’s not as advanced as the low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) version of OLED – which powers variable refresh rates and always-on displays on the best iPhones – but it’s good enough for a smart home display, and it is also cheaper to produce.
We get another fact from this report: the screen size will apparently be 6.7 inches. That would make it smaller than the 6.9-inch display of the iPhone 16 Pro Max and the 8.3-inch display of the iPad mini 7.
Take on Amazon and Google
That screen size may be smaller than you might have imagined based on something like the Amazon Echo Show 10, but it’s in line with previous predictions and also fits in with what Amazon and Google are doing.
The Echo Show comes in different sizes, while Google has the 7-inch Nest Hub and the 10-inch Nest Hub Max. With that in mind, Apple’s offering would be towards the smaller end of the smart display scale.
There is talk that the screen will sit on a movable arm (think old version). iMac G4), attached to a rounded base. There are also rumors of a smart home controller screen from Apple – without a speaker attached.
After years of rumors, it looks like a launch is now approaching. We recently heard that the launch date has been pushed back to the second half of 2025, although it’s possible we’ll get some sort of reveal earlier this year.