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09-24-2016, 12:24 AM
Apple's Echo rival could make Siri the master of your home
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Amazon is sitting pretty on top of the smart home with its Alexa voice-controlled Echo devices (http://mashable.com/2015/02/10/amazon-echo-review/), and Google will close in later this year with its own Home assistant device (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/google-home/). But what about Apple?
While iOS 10's (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/apple-ios-10-review/) much-needed Home app for controlling all your HomeKit-compatible smart home devices is a step in the right direction, the company may need an Echo rival of its own.
SEE ALSO: Amazon Echo will soon speak up without voice commands, report says (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/amazon-echo-push-**tifications/)
Apple is reportedly working on an Echo-like smart home device according to Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-23/apple-said-to-step-up-plans-for-echo-style-smart-home-device-itf**d11).*
This report corroborates a earlier one (https://www.theinformation.com/apple-opening-siri-developing-echo-rival) from The Information earlier this year that Apple was developing its own Echo-like product based around Siri.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/apple-amazon-echo-rival-siri/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Amazon is sitting pretty on top of the smart home with its Alexa voice-controlled Echo devices (http://mashable.com/2015/02/10/amazon-echo-review/), and Google will close in later this year with its own Home assistant device (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/google-home/). But what about Apple?
While iOS 10's (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/apple-ios-10-review/) much-needed Home app for controlling all your HomeKit-compatible smart home devices is a step in the right direction, the company may need an Echo rival of its own.
SEE ALSO: Amazon Echo will soon speak up without voice commands, report says (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/amazon-echo-push-**tifications/)
Apple is reportedly working on an Echo-like smart home device according to Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-23/apple-said-to-step-up-plans-for-echo-style-smart-home-device-itf**d11).*
This report corroborates a earlier one (https://www.theinformation.com/apple-opening-siri-developing-echo-rival) from The Information earlier this year that Apple was developing its own Echo-like product based around Siri.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/apple-amazon-echo-rival-siri/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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