Apple Is Building A Siri Speaker To Rival Amazon’s Echo

Connected Home   Trouble seeing this email?      Connecting You To The Most Important Retail Business Decision Makers     Top Stories     Apple Is Building A Siri Speaker To Rival Amazon's Echo Apple is upping its game in the field of intelligent assistants. After years of internal debate and discussion about how to do so, the company is preparing to open up Siri to apps made by others. And it is working on an Amazon Echo-like device with a speaker and microphone that people can use to turn on music, get news headlines or set a timer. Read More»   What Will Be The Smart Home's Killer User Interface? Every tech revolution is sparked by a killer user interface. For personal computers, it was the mouse combined with the graphical user interface (GUI). For smartphones, it was the multi-touch screen. In my industry, the burning question is, "What will be the winning UI that brings the smart home to a mass audience?" Read More»   Controlling A Smart Home Can Be As Easy As Tossing Keys In A Bowl The smart home of the future will likely be controlled with your voice, which is why companies like Google and Amazon are putting so much effort into getting their ears into your living room. But voice control feels impersonal. It's disconnected from the physicality of the objects with which we have intimate connections in our day-to-day lives. Read More»     What You Need To Know     Smart-Home Gadgets Need To Live Together » Cirrent Will Connect Your Smart-Home Devices To The Internet Right Out Of The Box » Netatmo Connect Launches To Make Its Smart-Home Tech Smarter » Nortek Brands To Get A Voice Through Nuiku Acquisition »     Around The Web     Siri Brews Coffee & Even Starts A Party Thanks To A $150 DIY Home-Automation Setup » ProSource Ponders IoT Pricing Puzzle At Spring Meeting » 10 Things You Need To Know To Build A Smart Home » Read Us On Apple News! » Products Industry Research Retail Subscribe Visit The Site   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2016 NewBay Media, LLC

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