Overview

• A simplified smart-home display codenamed J490 is slated for mid-2026 with home controls, media playback and video calls, sources say.
• The centerpiece project J595 is a tabletop robot companion with a 7-inch swiveling display on a movable arm that can track users and join conversations by 2027.
• Battery-powered security cameras and a video doorbell under codename J450 are in testing with facial-recognition and infrared sensors to automate tasks like adjusting lights and unlocking doors.
• Apple is rebuilding Siri under two efforts—Linwood with in-house large-language models and Glenwood using partners such as Anthropic’s Claude—adding conversational memory and an optional visual persona called Bubbles.
• All devices are expected to run Charismatic, a custom multiuser, voice-first operating system, as Apple aims to close its generative-AI gap, though timelines remain tentative.