A screen feature is being tested for the HomePod product, which Apple launches as a smart home system and performs many operations in your home. With this feature, the HomePod product gains a screen and offers you a more comfortable use. However, this screen can be a bit heavy on the wallet. Because Apple is considering using an iPad as a screen instead of bringing a separate screen to the product. Here are the details…

iPad Mini appears as the HomePod screen!

News on the subject was revealed by the 9To5Mac team. While researching the tvOS 17.2 beta codes, the team discovered something interesting. Accordingly, Apple tvOS 17.2 software has been updated to support the iPad Mini 6 and later models released by the brand in 2021. With this update, some questions and possibilities came to mind. The most powerful of these is that HomePod may come with screen support.

Considering that the HomePod and HomePod Mini run on a modified version of tvOS, Apple’s HomePod model with a smart display seems pretty plausible. There is no statement or clue from Apple on the subject. However, the emerging update reports and other details indicate that a smart screen will come to Apple’s speaker system.

What’s actually annoying here is that an iPad Mini model is involved. If Apple brings this feature to the HomePod to integrate with the iPad Mini instead of a built-in screen, HomePod users will also need an iPad Mini. This means an additional 499 dollars for users.