(Pocket-lint) – While we were expecting a new Apple TV to be announced earlier this year, we haven’t had a glimpse. In fact, not even tvOS received a mention during the recent WWDC presentation.
However, a report states that Apple will look to upgrade its TV set-top box later this year, with new internal hardware and more memory. Don’t expect an updated HomePod either, as it’s unlikely to show up until 2023.
Mark Gurman of Bllomberg writes in the latest edition of his weekly newsletter, Power On, that a new Apple TV, designated by the internal model number J255, will gain an A14 chip and an extra gigabyte of RAM.
With the 2021 Apple TV 4K with an estimated 3GB of RAM, this will put its successor up to 4GB. This and the new SoC should make the new model faster and even more capable of running Apple Arcade games.
As for the upcoming HomePod (B620), Gurman suggests that Apple plans to increase the size again, making it more like the original HomePod than the Mini.
He also writes that it will have a chipset similar to the upcoming Apple Watch Series 8. The most interesting thing, perhaps, is that it will also adopt an updated screen at the top with multi-touch functionality.
We assume that in the coming months we will discover more as Apple prepares for a period of intense autumn.
Written by Rik Henderson.