Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Rumored Siri Speaker in Production Ahead of Possible WWDC Debut
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
We don't know what it is yet. Hard to make a definitive comparison to anyone of these devices.
LOL. Literally this month:
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/04/gmail-google-hack-phishing-attack.html
Or how about the 80,000 Amazon accounts that were breached?
https://www.hackread.com/amazon-suffers-security-breach/
huh?
there's what, one apple proprietary port being used today?
Lightning.
not really sure what you're on about
Amazons is $300 and Apples will have better sound and better mics and you think Apple will price it at 2/3 the Price?
Wait you think Apple Music got murdered by Spotify? LOLOLOL. Apple Music did in 1 year what it took Spotify 8 years to do. Spotify has YET to make $1 in profit.
I can't see the price being close to those. Expect the Cook tax of 1/3 or higher . I'd even say probably close to double that of the echo
You're all over this thread repeating the same lie. Apple has an Entire department devoted to AI and has made several recent AI acquisitions.
Why? There's barely any 4k content. Even most of the 4k blu rays were upconverted from 2k
No you are not alone. Me too, I wonder, what's the usefulness of this ? "Siri, buy me the latest U2 Song ?" ??!! Home automation is nowhere near widely spread to make this useful - let alone Apples implementation (HomeKit) of it.
Given it was preinstalled on every latest iPhone ....Idevice with a 3 month free trial, its uptake numbers are very poor.
apple musics problem is that it launched with an awful app , that had horrific UI and is so damn hip hop centric that most people don't realise there is so much good music on it. They don't go past what is the awful Beats 1 station .
AM should have murdered Spotify, though they choose to become hip hop centric..... Spotify will do just fine...
Nice guesses - if even half are right, I'll buy one.
As for answering the question many are asking, on why Apple is needs a IoT device, although IoT devices are still a niche market, it is a growing market, and Amazon and Google are coming with their A game.
To expand on your points, I think Apple has certain advantages it can leverage against the Amazon Echo. The device will, of course, be much more integrated with any Apple services you have, such as your calendar, messages, music, the activity app, etc. Siri is further along in languages supported than Alexa, so Apple has a larger potential base of customers. In addition to streaming from the cloud, Apple devices will probably be able to stream directly to the iSpeaker (or whatever it's called). Lastly, if they are smart, they'll follow Google's lead and have an option to send visual notices to Apple TV connected TV screens. It'd be really crazy if it is the Apple TV 5 as suggested by @AZMerf.
Orwell. We carry big brother around in our pockets. But it can be turned off. As can Apple's rumored Siri speaker.
maybe falling behind the times a bit MH? "hip-hop" is top40 music these days
for example:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6443462/best-artists-of-2010s-so-far
heh, sheet metal holes aren't drilled
if tldw, just skip to 1:30 for the money shot : )
That's purty!
maybe falling behind the times a bit MH? "hip-hop" is top40 music these days
for example:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6443462/best-artists-of-2010s-so-far
I'm stuck in the 80s and 90s .....
Oh man! Just had a Logan's Run moment. It could happen!
"What are doing on my channel?
I imagine the changes to Siri will come first, followed by the announcement of the speaker. I know Apple has hired a team of engineers to restructure Siri. And I'm assuming these changes are coming soon. Either way, Siri is actually one of my favorite functions on the iPhone when it performs properly. It makes everything so much more convenient and efficient. Just as I am sending you this message for example, I'm using Siri for dictation.
I think you are making a good point, but there are definitely some important reasons to consider as to "why" Siri is lagging behind. Privacy might be the thing holding Siri back.
Google Assistant has taken a different approach that I think might be giving better performance than Siri. Google will likely keep on making their Google Assistant better and better, and try to play down the "privacy" issue. I think most people care so little about privacy in reality, that this strategy could continue to work for Google. Nobody seems to care about privacy and Google knows it - they may have the winning formula.
Siri is crippled by taking this high road of protecting end user privacy. I wonder how Apple will do better while still protecting privacy.
I certainly hope Apple Siri developers do not have their head up their "you know whats" and can get Siri to do some pretty basic stuff a lot better. For instance, why is it so hard for Siri to pop up a tap-able phone number when responding to my query for a retail establishment? I end up telling Siri ( on the second try ), to "search Google for ______" and Google shows me what I wanted AND puts a clickable phone number..... Was that such a hard thing to do that Siri and Apple cannot do it? Why am I forced to have to do the Google search to get such a thing happening? Siri Developers better get some feedback from real people living in smaller cities etc...... I just have a feeling that lately the developers are all satisfied with their work, because maybe all they seem to search for is "Starbucks" or something and are missing the fact that if you search for something that is not a big box store or big restaurant chain, you get bad results from your Siri search whereas a Google search gets you what you really wanted....
[doublepost=1496294808][/doublepost]
I also love using Siri for dictation. I almost NEVER type a text message, it's so much faster to dictate with Siri. That's one thing that Siri is really excellent at, I agree.
Once Siri has trained you how to talk to it, it's not bad
Things only get messed up if you have an echo or google and try the same commands with Siri, Siri and I disagree about the weather forecast each morning, Alexa gets me
Fingers crossed on some major Siri updates, though for people that use it daily, I don't think they have the same issues that people who use Alexa/google/Siri have.
[doublepost=1496295002][/doublepost]
Good post. Though Siri has long been neglected before Tim jumped on the privacy bandwagon. It's a good excuse, though frankly Apple has not invested in it, like Apple TV.
Before they try and sell a Siri only device, they might want to make Siri useful and actually work. Otherwise, what's the point?
I wish it all the luck in the world..
By the look of it ( hardly Ive's finest hour ) and the fact it uses siri ( 99.99% useless ) , it's going to need it
Sad how Apple now play catch up , in SJ's day they led from the front
That's what happens when you have a small minded bean counter with the vision of a gas pump as your ceo
By the look of it ( hardly Ive's finest hour ) and the fact it uses siri ( 99.99% useless ) , it's going to need it
Sad how Apple now play catch up , in SJ's day they led from the front
That's what happens when you have a small minded bean counter with the vision of a gas pump as your ceo
I honestly don't see why people have a big issue with this. Some call it copying, but it is really a matter of perfecting or making something very good upon release. It doesn't always work out that way, but in the modern era where every manufacturer knows what the other is doing, being the first to market typically doesn't mean being the best. Every tech company is copying the other, this isn't the 80's or 90's when one or two companies were able to have huge technological advantages over all the others. It is a relatively even playing field and the one that does something the best is the one that will win. To me, it's time worth waiting.