Last December it was reported that the company was working on multiple such devices for launch in 2023, and there are hopes–albeit in the considerably longer term–that a 27-inch mini-LED display is in the pipeline.Īpple Forced To Make Major Cuts To Vision Pro Headset Production PlansĪpple has been forced to make drastic cuts to production forecasts for the mixed-reality Vision Pro headset, unveiled last month after seven years in development and hailed as its most significant product launch since the iPhone. Leaving aside the smart-display feature, there have been many rumors about Apple’s upcoming standalone displays. But it’s worth mentioning that, as The Verge observes, such a feature has been rumored in the past, only for the iPad. Given that StandBy has only just been announced for the iPhone, and that this is the very first we’ve heard about this development for a Mac display, we’d expect this to be a long way from launch, if indeed it ever becomes reality. But this device will be specced to act (like an iOS 17 iPhone) as a standalone smart display when not required for its day job. That in itself isn’t new: the Studio Display runs an A13. In the subscriber-only version of his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg leaker-analyst Mark Gurman says Cupertino’s engineers are working on a new Mac display that will feature its own Apple silicon processor. It could feature a clock, a calendar, weather info, smart-home controls, a rotating gallery of photos, or any number of other useful widgets or controls.

But there’s considerable merit to the idea of the screen automatically transitioning into a more general info hub when it would otherwise be sleeping (and assuming battery conservation isn’t a concern).

Of course, your Mac is less likely to be sitting beside your bed during the night, so the analogy isn’t exact. But based on a new report, Apple is considering a similar feature for the Mac.

This means they can serve a secondary function as a reduced-brightness (or red-tinted) digital alarm clock with a few useful widgets while charging overnight. StandBy, one of a number of appealing new features in this year’s iOS 17 software update, enables iPhones to act as smart displays when plugged in and not otherwise in use.

Your Mac screen could one day act as a smart display, according to report

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