While Apple has the HomeKit platform, it doesn’t have its own smart home speaker like Google Home, Amazon Echo, and soon-to-arrive Essential Home. But that might change and it’s going to happen sooner than later. It’s being rumoured that Apple will be unveiling a Siri-powered speaker at its Worldwide Developers Conference next week. But you mustn’t expect it to be available immediately. It’s being pegged for a fall release.
Making its own smart home speaker will be advantageous for Apple in terms of getting users to stay exclusively with its products. It’ll serve as a hub for all the HomeKit accessories and will help in a way promote its other products. For example, it will use Apple Music in place of the other music streaming services when you ask it to play a song. The product is rumoured to be getting virtual surround sound technology and conflicting reports are out about whether it’ll have a screen or not. If there is any truth to the rumours, we’re about to hear about it pretty soon.
Source: Mashable