By the end of the year , Apple will have a Siri Speaker to contend against Amazon Echo and Google Home .
According to a new report fromBloomberg , Apple has started overseas production of its Siri - enable smart speaker . Apple could bring out this highly - anticipated Siri Speaker onstage during the WWDC tonic taking position on Monday , June 5 , but the all - new twist wo n’t be quick to transport until later this year .
The Siri Speaker has been designed to compete against the Amazon Echo and Google Home . To distinguish itself from those other products , the Apple smart speaker will boast virtual surround sound and will be more seamlessly integrate with Apple production and help , like Apple Music . In addition , the Siri Speaker will give Apple users a new hub for controlling HomeKit - enable gimmick around their home .
Bloomberg also uncover that Apple wo n’t integrate a screen door in its first iteration of the Siri Speaker . in the beginning this calendar month , Apple ’s senior V.P. of MarketingPhil Schiller saidthat he was n’t a sports fan of Amazon Echo or Google Home because they lacked screens . day later , Amazon premise Echo Show , a version of its flagship sassy speaker with a touchscreen .
The Siri Speaker is being produce by Inventec , the Taipei - based maker already responsible for making the wireless AirPods . According to Bloomberg , the Siri Speaker has been in development for a long meter , reaching the advanced prototype phase recently last year . For several months now , Apple employees have been secretly testing the gimmick in their own homes .
Why this matters : Apple is bank on a bright speaker with superior well-grounded calibre and deeper tie to the Apple ecosystem . Those two feature film seem certain , given the Beats possession and the new W1 flake that can pair devices seamlessly . In increase , the Siri Speaker could let in sensors to measure indoor acoustic and mechanically adjust audio levels .
But will that be enough to make the Siri Speaker a must - have ? Amazon is already forward in bringing third - company apps to its Alexa - power Echo machine , even Apple service like iCloud calendar are beingbrought to the sheep pen . Meanwhile , Google has lately made its AI assistant available on iOS , point out some serious Siri fails . And HomeKit gadget can already be operated using an iPhone , iPad , or Apple TV .
