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« on: May 30, 2016, 04:05:21 pm »

What iMore wants from an Apple Smart Home hub

Smart home. An abused term to be sure, but given the burgeoning popularity of products like the Nest Learning Thermostat and Amazon Echo, to name but two, an important one.

With rumors swirling that Apple will release its own Siri-powered living room "hub" to compete with Amazon and Google, a new machine learning arms race is on. Despite claims by Google's CEO that the company is "orders of magnitude" ahead of the competition in terms of conversational A.I. and machine learning, Apple is no stranger to the space, having curated an increasingly capable Siri voice assistant for nearly half a decade.

And then there's the fact that Apple already has a huge head start when it comes to hardware penetration, with millions of people accessing Siri through their always-listening iPhones and easy-to-reach Apple TVs.

First, what's your current relationship with Siri? Casual acquaintance or something steamy?



Ren:

Oh, Siri. I really want to love Apple's voice assistant, but misunderstandin...

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