Apple's first "consumer-grade robot" exposed, priced at $1,000

What happened: Apple is developing a higher-end version of its HomeView smart display, internally codenamed J595, which adds a motorized robotic arm with a screen that rotates 360 degrees and turns toward whoever is speaking. Why it matters: Gurman and the report frame J595's success as depending less on the arm and more on Siri AI, since HomeView's delay of nearly two years was tied to the new Siri. In China, Apple Intelligence is reported to arrive with iOS 27.3 in December 2026, but the upgraded Siri AI is expected to be absent initially.

Apple is developing a higher-end version of its HomeView smart display, internally codenamed J595, which adds a motorized robotic arm with a screen that rotates 360 degrees and turns toward whoever is speaking.

Gurman and the report frame J595's success as depending less on the arm and more on Siri AI, since HomeView's delay of nearly two years was tied to the new Siri. In China, Apple Intelligence is reported to arrive with iOS 27.3 in December 2026, but the upgraded Siri AI is expected to be absent initially.