I don't like the sounds of this, if it's true. Basically a 1st Gen Echo running Siri, no thanks. Siri, on the other hand better get a very big update. The responses and quality of the voice recognition needs to go way up before I will be buying something like that from Apple.
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Rumored Siri Speaker in Production Ahead of Possible WWDC Debut
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I thought they would just transplant Angela Ahrendt's brain into it, then we could all feel like "Executives" when she failed to answer any questions.
Apple is late to the Echo/Google Home game. They need to include the ability to play nicely with existing smart home products or this product is likely to end up like Apple TV.
I wouldn't mind a spiritual successor to the iPod Hi-Fi with audiophile-grade sound quality and access to Apple Music. But this doesn't sound like a particularly Hi-Fi product:
The Siri part I could not care less about if that's really what is supposed to provide the main value.
I don't understand why Apple is developing a "me too" product that, due to their draconian rules for third-party integration, is guaranteed to be less compelling than the competition. The thing that makes Echo and Google Home so interesting are the integrations, and we all know that Apple will have this thing locked down for at least two years, and then they'll just ever so slightly crack the door open.
They need a real come to Jesus moment here. They need to admit that, despite their multi-year lead, they blew it with Siri. They should cut bait and integrate with one of the other two options. At the same time the entire Siri team needs to be shown the door.
They need a real come to Jesus moment here. They need to admit that, despite their multi-year lead, they blew it with Siri. They should cut bait and integrate with one of the other two options. At the same time the entire Siri team needs to be shown the door.
Despite rumors hinting at a touch screen, and comments from Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller questioning the usefulness of an AI-based speaker product without a screen, the upcoming Siri speaker will not feature a display.
It takes courage to criticize someone else for the same thing you are doing. Hypocrite.
macrumors fan "I dont get alexa/amazon echo! I use my iphone and it works for me! It's just trendy. who wants this?!"
Apple announces alexa-type device at WWDC
macrumors fan camping in line at the apple store.
true story.
Apple announces alexa-type device at WWDC
macrumors fan camping in line at the apple store.
true story.
Do we all agree that smart speakers are useless garbage nobody wants?
Siri is only lagging farther and farther behind (of Google Assistant, Cortana, Alexa), no sign it would ever catch up, given how Apple is also far behind in AI research. As a result, there is no chance Apple could get any significant dent in this "virtual assistant enabled speaker" product category.
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Would love if this was a Siri smart speaker/AirPort Time Capsule in 1
I was feeling pretty down on Apple after the new MacBook Pros came out... But I'm actually looking forward to wwdc...
Oh Dear, Siri can't even dictate my short little text correctly. I hate to say it, thinking of the worst. That said, I sure hope there is major software improvement for Siri!
Yay, a Lobotomized AI speaker with an expensive price tag!
So a talking trashcan...nice.
FWIW we have four echo dots in the house. One in each of the three bedrooms and one in the kitchen and they are very useful. Can adjust temp in the house via the Lyric T5 thermostat over Echo command, get conversion rates while in the kitchen cooking and even ask for substitute ingredients when I forget we are out of something.
It is a niche market now yes but as consumers become more savvy to their usefulness and the technology evolves this type of AI interaction is going to be a cornerstone of a technologically connected life.
It's still a talking trashcan Apple, c'mon.
FWIW we have four echo dots in the house. One in each of the three bedrooms and one in the kitchen and they are very useful. Can adjust temp in the house via the Lyric T5 thermostat over Echo command, get conversion rates while in the kitchen cooking and even ask for substitute ingredients when I forget we are out of something.
It is a niche market now yes but as consumers become more savvy to their usefulness and the technology evolves this type of AI interaction is going to be a cornerstone of a technologically connected life.
It's still a talking trashcan Apple, c'mon.
The biggest problem with Apple and AI is data (lack of it) because of their ridiculous and miss-applied privacy policy.
That proves nothing. I asked her and she said "It's just you and me" then I asked if she had a father and she said "I can't answer that" so obviously she's just playing around.
im open to the idea of this, i don't want the google or amazon thing in my house at this point.
I don't see the point of these things either. Don't get the hype.
Such as, the iPhone, iPad... and the Macintosh?