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How should Apple & Siri compete with Amazon Echo and Google Home?

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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Amazon was first with <a href="http://amzn.to/1qPfdoP" target="_blank">its Echo Wi-Fi speaker[/url] — a dedicated, standalone hub for its Alexa virtual assistant software — and now word has it Apple is working on a similar product for Siri. The several reports this week detailing Apple’s plans followed Google’s unveiling of its competitive <a href="http://9to5google.com/2016/05/18/google-home-official/" target="_blank">Home hardware and Assistant platform[/url] at its Google I/O developer conference earlier this month. But what exactly will Apple’s competitor look like? And how will its reported plans for a Siri SDK play into its approach?</span></p>
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