Apple rumoured to be working on a smart display

What do you think an Apple smart display would look like?

A new smart home product might be added to Apple's stable this year. The company is reportedly working on smart displays. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is exploring two implementations. One is like an iPad with a speaker, while the other brings together a mix of an Apple TV, camera, and HomePod into what's being dubbed a living room device. While it's supposedly exploring these options, only one of the two might get released by the end of next year or early 2024. 

Amazon and Google are the companies that come to mind when we talk about smart displays. So, it would be interesting to see what Apple's take will be in the segment.

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Zoom to support Facebook, Amazon, Google smart displays this year

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Zoom is bringing its video conferencing app to smart displays this year. The company will start rolling it out to Facebook Portal first in September, with Amazon Echo Show and Google Nest Hub Max getting support before the year ends. 

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Google adds ‘Continued Conversations’ with Assistant to smart displays

One way to have a “more natural” conversation with Google Assistant is with Google’s “Continued Conversations” feature. Basically, Assistant stays active and listens to you as you ask it follow-up questions. It lessens the need for you to say the trigger word “OK, Google” or “Hey, Google” to ask it follow-up questions. This feature was only available for audio-only Google Home, Home Mini, and Home Max. Now, the current rollout fixes this issue and makes it available in English (US) across all Smart Displays, including the Google Home Hub, Lenovo Smart Display, JBL Link View and LG XBOOM AI ThinQ WK9. You have to head to Settings > Preferences > Continued conversation in the Google assistant app to activate this feature.

Source: The Verge