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Opinion: With Apple finally showing Siri some love, have we hit ‘peak app’?

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<p><a href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/12/18/feature-request-siri-access-3rd-party-apps/" target="_blank">Last year[/url], I wrote a Feature Request asking that Apple give third-party apps access to Siri, and generally work at beefing-up both the intelligence and the capabilities of its intelligent assistant. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/10/opinion-viv-siri/" target="_blank">opinion piece[/url] pointing to the fact that Viv is exactly what Siri should have been by now.</p>
<p>This week, a <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/24/apple-siri-hardware-device-echo-competitor/" target="_blank">report suggests[/url] that I may finally be getting my wish. Apple is said to be not only planning to offer a Siri SDK to all developers, but also building an Amazon Echo/Google Home type box that will embed Siri more deeply in the home through integration with HomeKit. We will, says the report, find out more at WWDC.</p>
<p>If true, the implications could be profound – perhaps even meaning that we’ve hit ‘peak app’ …</p>
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