Apple is just waiting until last years tech is cheap enough to sell for next years price 
This would presumably be a feature for your household, not just you. Now if everyone in your household has their own iOS device, it's a harder sell. But if you own an Echo or Google Home
LOLDear Apple Please do not copy that "Ugly overpriced Thing"... thanks!
Apple Home 2 in 2018
(Yes, thats my predicted name for the speaker)
iHome ?
I'm just wondering what the sound quality will be like after Ivie makes the speaker and screen only 3mm thick.
Exactly! Siri will have to learn a bit more, but it could become the Jeeves we've always wanted.
You: what's the weather today?
Apple Home Device: (Voice) It will be 72 degrees today, there may be some rain during your run this afternoon.
You: Send the hourly forecast to my iPhone/iPad/AppleTV.
(look at AppleTV to see when the rain is)
You: Move my run to 5PM today.
Apple Home Device: (Voice) I've moved your run to 5PM today, Should I set a reminder?
You: Yes, thanks.
I'd probably rather have an Amazon version over an Apple version of something like this. Ordering stuff direct from Amazon with a voice command is huge, and more practical for a device like this where it's likely situated in the kitchen or living room.
I did. You don't have that feature now. We're talking about a speaker that responds. The screen lighting up is a visual response that is optional for the user to look at. Just because you can pull your phone out of your pocket and functionally do the same thing does not mean the experience is the same thing.Try reading the post from the beginning. The idea was a speaker that handed off to the phone to avoid having a screen on the speaker. That's redundant because you might as well start the operation from the phone.
oh look, amazon released a desktop phone to complete against the iPhone. It seems to do less than the iPhone although the personal assistant is better.
The ONLY, repeat ONLY object of the new Amazon device is to increase the amount of stuff you buy from Amazon. That's the be all and end all of the thing.I'd probably rather have an Amazon version over an Apple version of something like this. Ordering stuff direct from Amazon with a voice command is huge, and more practical for a device like this where it's likely situated in the kitchen or living room.
Plus Alexa > Siri
I don't see the point of the screen unless it's $99 or so. The Echo Show, at $229, is nothing more than a severely limited tablet with a stand built into it. It's just too expensive for what it is.
Well, I'm sure Apple's solution will definitely be better looking than This fugly Echo Show
I'm going to get an ipad and a nice stan instead
I think the 'Show' looks like a great device that will fly off the shelves.
No doubt it will be $199 after promotions, Black Friday etc.
The fact that the 'Show' works with existing Dots and Echos for voice call will make this a 100% success IMO and save folks with long distance landline calls - cancel your phones landline, just have broadband.
With Amazon having launched the Echo Show, a new Alexa-enabled smart speaker that comes equipped with a 7-inch screen, Bloomberg has shared a little tidbit on Apple's own speaker plans, making it clear that there's still no concrete information on whether Apple's speaker will include a display.
In a piece outlining Amazon's new speaker, Bloomberg references a comment made recently by Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller, where he said that a voice assistant in a device without a screen doesn't "suit many situations."Rumors of Apple's work on some kind of in-home Siri-based smart speaker to compete with the Amazon Echo first surfaced in early 2016, but while the speaker is said to be close to launching, details remain scant.
We've heard it will feature Siri integration and focus heavily on sound quality, with "excellent acoustics performance" and some form of Beats technology. Design details shared in late April said it would feature a Mac Pro-style concave top with built-in controls and a "fat" body with speaker mesh covering the majority of the device, but no display was mentioned.![]()
The new Amazon Echo Show
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said the speaker has a 50 percent chance of debuting at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference coming in June, and as Bloomberg first mentioned in September (and reiterates again today) the speaker is currently being tested within the homes of Apple employees, so it may not be long before we have more concrete details about the device.
Based on today's Bloomberg report, Apple's speaker will have one benefit over the Amazon Echo and Google Home - native Apple Music integration. Amazon devices chief Dave Limp told Bloomberg that while Amazon would "love to have Apple" the company is "not super big" on allowing Apple Music integration.
For more details on Apple's upcoming Siri speaker, make sure to check out our dedicated roundup, which aggregates all of the information we've heard about the device so far. More information about Amazon's Echo Show can be found in our launch article.
Article Link: Apple's Plans for Upcoming Siri Speaker Remain Unclear in Regard to Display
Exactly, an iPad mini with a speaker-dock (incl. extra microphones) conceptually provides the same functionality. Sure, that's more expensive than Amazon's solution but it gives you a detachable tablet on top. In principle, Apple could release an Echo-like product that also allows for docking of iPads and iPhones.I don't see the point of the screen unless it's $99 or so. The Echo Show, at $229, is nothing more than a severely limited tablet with a stand built into it. It's just too expensive for what it is.
How else would it be a Siri speaker with a screen if it didn't have, like ya know, a screen.As others have alluded to already, I don't see the point of a screen for a Siri speaker with a screen.
Presumption being everyone else has multiple Apple devices?That's why I have a screen on my iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch.
Sometimes utility in a product goes beyond our own personal use case. I have no use for an Apple Watch but that doesn't mean I can't see the utility it brings to someone else.Why would I bother to walk over to see a screen on a speaker? I thought the whole idea of the speaker was so that I wouldn't have to walk anywhere. I can just as easily walk over and pick up my smartphone or tablet if I need to look at something.
Yes it is called a television. It's also called a iPhone, an iPad, and an Apple Watch. Owning that television didn't seem to stop you from getting those other speakers with screens on them.I already have a speaker with a screen on it. It's called a television.
If by "make waaayyyy too much sense" you mean "only considers a narrow personal scope that depends on the ownership of other Apple devices to actually be valid"... then yes, you're right.You make waaayyyy too much sense. Extra weight, power, cost, and redundant with all the other screens around the house.
You: what's the weather today?
Apple Home Device: (Voice) It will be 72 degrees today.
Iphone: Screen lights up immediately on your iPhone / iPad what ever is being used showing the weather and other contextual information.
Your iDevice can now extend and act as the "screen" to the Apple Home Device for further reading and interaction.
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