Apple's new smart home projects aim to control your home while taking your money
January 19, 2023 By Raulf Hernes
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According to Bloomberg, Apple is developing products that can compete directly with Amazon and Google in the smart home market. Amazon has been expanding its product offerings, which now include a wide range of speakers and smart home displays. With its upcoming Pixel Tablet, which will also function as a smart home display, Google has demonstrated its urge to be more strong in this product category.
Apple is working on a smart display that can be thought of as a low-end iPad. It would offer touch controls for thermostats, lights, and other connected products. It will even be able to handle calls using FaceTime. Apple is also looking to branch out to larger smart home displays.
The device will look like the existing model but have upgraded internals. A similar model with an inbuilt camera and speaker has also been reported, but it appears to have been delayed. One area where it will need to improve before competing with Amazon and Google is its Siri voice assistant.
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