The year is almost over, and Apple’s planning for 2025 to bring a big new push into Home products. Here are three Home devices expected to launch in the new year.
Brand new ‘HomePad’ device
Perhaps the most exciting new Home product of 2025 is Apple’s currently-unnamed ‘HomePad’ device.
Apple…is nearing the launch of a new product category: a wall-mounted display that can control appliances, handle videoconferencing and use AI to navigate apps…The device has a roughly 6-inch screen and looks like a square iPad. It’s about the size of two iPhones side by side, with a thick edge around the display. There’s also a camera at the top front, a rechargeable built-in battery and internal speakers.
Some of HomePad’s core features are expected to include:
- heavy Apple Intelligence focus with an upgraded Siri
- StandBy-like widgets, Home app controls, and more
- slideshows from the Photos app
- built-in security camera and video/audio intercom plus FaceTime
- runs Apple apps like Safari, Music, and Notes
As I’ve written elsewhere, this sounds like exactly the kind of home device I’d love to have.
Gurman reported the HomePad was expected in March, while Ming-Chi Kuo thinks it’s coming later in the year. Either way, 2025 is the expected arrival of this new Home device category for Apple.
New Apple TV 4K
It’s been a couple years since the last Apple TV 4K debuted, and Apple is planning to debut a new version in 2025.
Details on the revised Apple TV 4K are scarce, but at a minimum we’re expecting:
- Apple Intelligence support
- an A18 or A17 Pro chip to support AI
- new in-house Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip
It’s likely Apple will offer support for newer TV display technologies too. But those features aside, the new Apple TV 4K will likely keep the same basic form factor and OS as the existing hardware.
HomePod mini 2
The large HomePod is on its second generation, but HomePod mini is still the same first-gen version that launched in 2020.
In 2025 though, we’re getting the first ever HomePod mini 2.
Other than a release window, and the inclusion of Apple’s new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, we know nothing about the new HomePod mini.
It’s possible Apple will find a way to bring full Apple Intelligence support to the device. I hope that does happen.
But the company could also take a different approach by having HomePod mini 2 integrate more closely with your iPhone or other devices like the HomePad. Essentially, it would remain focused on being an affordable smart speaker, but get some of its smarts from nearby devices. Expect more details on HomePod mini 2 to leak in the months ahead.
Apple’s Home product wrap-up
Apple’s big new push into the smart home market follows years of Apple treating Home products like a hobby. I’m hopeful the company has a compelling new strategy for its Home lineup—there’s a lot of potential here.
If Apple is able to build a powerful Home ecosystem, it could lead to even more new products moving forward, like an AirPort revival.
Are you excited for Apple’s Home lineup in 2025? Let us know in the comments.
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