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838 Apple Considered Adding a Camera to the HomePod Years Ago

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Hartley Charlton @ MacRumors · 03/23/2026 09:14 EDT

Apple Considered Adding a Camera to the HomePod Years Ago

Apple considered launching a HomePod with a camera and additional sensors years before the upcoming "HomePad" device, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.


In a detailed profile of Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus, Gurman revealed that Apple considered adding a camera and a more advanced array of sensors to the original ‌HomePod‌, which was announced in 2017. Ternus apparently believed that the additional capabilities would push up development costs and decided to cancel the features as a resu

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