Core to this new update is a focus on artificial intelligence, using machine learning to create a new version of Siri that learns all about you and tries to offer more intelligent suggestions.
While Apple is going after Amazon with the HomePod, it's offering an olive branch with Apple TV.
The much-anticipated Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is underway and among their big announcements is the iOS11. There's updates to Apple Maps, the Control Center, Siri, Apple Pay, Music, and more. Siri, a digital assistant that has been on Apple's iPhone since 2011, will be voice activated to respond to requests for information and other help around the house.
This trend is only increasing, and it seems Apple had no choice but to finally embrace the standard and offer native support to users.
While it normally weeds out 10,000 to 15,000 apps over the course of a month, it deleted about 47,300 in October.
The company is casting Siri as a music connoisseur that will learn and cater to the tastes of the HomePod's owners, as well as answer questions about the songs as they are played.
The HomePod is expected to ship in December to the U.S., U.K., and Australia.
A survey released last month by research firm eMarketer found Echo speakers held 70.6 percent of the United States market, compared with 23.8 percent for Google Home.
"Most apps from the last four years or so should be compatible, unless they haven't been updated since 2015". You can now use Siri to add to your Evernote or pull up a QR code in WeChat, among other things.
Apple takes on Amazon with voice-activated speaker
SteamVR is the software which is said to power most virtual reality headsets now available on the market such as HTC Vive . Alexa and Siri, rival voice assistants on Amazon's Echo and Apple's iPhone , don't directly communicate with one another.
Apple's move follows a lawsuit filed by a family in December 2016, after their 5-year-old daughter was killed by a distracted driver allegedly using the FaceTime video chat feature.
The lack of a breakthrough device has periodically raised concerns that Apple has become too dependent on the iPhone and supported the theory that the company lost its knack for innovation when its co-founder Steve Jobs died of cancer in 2011.
The company will also try to win over programmers with updates to Apple's operating systems for computers, mobile devices, Apple TV and Watch.
Analysts said the smart home speaker market is ripe for Apple. But more importantly, the security remains encrypted.
Acoustics aside, there are also rumblings that Apple's rumored Siri speaker will include a touchscreen of some sort.
iOS 11's Camera and Photos apps are getting tons of new features. "The 15" MacBook Pro is also getting faster graphics.
With all that having been said, we all know that avid Apple fans will throw caution to the wind and install iOS 11 beta 1 immediately.
Apple takes a step beyond basic speaker hardware, though. Kuo is also of the opinion that the next iPad version will have a larger 10.5-inch display, while still maintaining the same form factor as the 9.7-inch iPad. It will not actually block ads, though.
The technology giant also announced a new software kit for developers called ARKit, which will enabled app developers to build augmented reality apps on Apple's platforms more easily.
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