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Title: Could the new Apple TV actually be a soundbar? I sure hope so!
Post by: HCK on April 15, 2021, 04:05:19 pm
Could the new Apple TV actually be a soundbar? I sure hope so!

This is the Apple TV that could dominate the living room.

The Apple TV has always been one of those Apple products that people wonder if the company considers a hobby. Especially as competitors continuously release cheaper hardware with similar capabilities, the Apple TV seems prime for reinvention. A new report from Bloomberg says that might be exactly what is happening.

According to the report, the company is working on an Apple TV that would also include a speaker and camera.


  The device, says Bloomberg, would "represent Apple's most ambitious smart-home hardware offering to date." In terms of functionality, the report says the device would function like an Apple TV in terms of streaming content and playing games, but with a built-in speaker similar to a HomePod. The inclusion of a camera would also bring FaceTime to the big screen for the first time too.
 
  The company is working on a product that would combine an Apple TV set-top box with a HomePod speaker and include a c...

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