Apple rumoured to be working on a smart display

What do you think an Apple smart display would look like?

A new smart home product might be added to Apple's stable this year. The company is reportedly working on smart displays. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is exploring two implementations. One is like an iPad with a speaker, while the other brings together a mix of an Apple TV, camera, and HomePod into what's being dubbed a living room device. While it's supposedly exploring these options, only one of the two might get released by the end of next year or early 2024. 

Amazon and Google are the companies that come to mind when we talk about smart displays. So, it would be interesting to see what Apple's take will be in the segment.

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Google begins Meet and Duo merger

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Google has officially begun merging its two video chat apps into one. So, if you're seeing two Google Meet apps, you're not hallucinating. The company announced this merger in June. It plans to keep the Meet brand name while bringing the best code bases into the Google Duo app. According to Wired, we'll start seeing Duo's app and website branding swap over to Google Meet this week. As with other typical rollouts, it might come your way later than others. But Google expects to complete the rebrand by September.

For now, you will be seeing two apps labelled "Google Meet (original): The updated Meet app" and "Google Meet: The updated Duo app." Google will eventually put out the original app to pasture, but it's sticking around for now until Google develops the meeting feature on top of Google Duo.

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Valve works on Joy-Con support for Steam

Valve works on Joy-Con support for Steam

On top of adding support for Nintendo's classic controllers, Valve is testing out a way to support Joy-Cons. It's part of the newest Steam beta, where Joy-Cons can be supported either individually or as a matched pair like you would with Switch games. You can opt into the Steam beta to try it out. These are the instructions you can follow on Steam's website.

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