Apple may be working to take on these smart home gadgets from Amazon and Facebook

Earlier this month, when Apple announced that it is going to discontinue its original HomePod device, sceptics may have assumed that the company may be on the track to give up on the smart home gadget category altogether.
However, a new report by Bloomberg has subtly hinted that the iPhone maker has “been developing new speakers with screens and cameras.” It further adds that the launch of such a device is not imminent at the moment.
If this happens to be true, we may see a version of the HomePod with a screen attached to it that will make it directly compete with gadgets like Amazon Echo Show or a Facebook Portal or Google Nest Hub.
The mention of a possible smart display device from Apple was done in a Bloomberg report that was trying to make a point of how the company hasn’t made “a serious offering in the smart home market until 2018 with the original HomePod,” which was recently discontinued.