Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac:
KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo has published an industry report today claiming that Apple will likely announce a Siri Speaker product (branding unknown, Kuo calls it ‘Apple’s first home AI product’) at WWDC in June. The device will compete with the Amazon Echo and go on sale in the second half of the year.
Kuo says Apple’s product will feature ‘excellent’ sound with seven tweeters and a subwoofer, and will be positioned as a more premium product than the Echo … with a higher price tag to match.
KGI’s report is not definitive about the launch timeline. It says that they believe Apple has a more than 50% chance of announcing the Siri Speaker product in June. This leaves some wiggle room in case plans change or the launch is pushed back.
Will I be able to order stuff from Amazon on the Siri Speaker? Send roses? Order pizza? Will Siri evolve from the current model, or will this be the existing Siri capabilities in my kitchen/living room?
If I say “Hey Siri”, who will get the call, my Apple Watch or my Siri Speaker? Will they expose settings to let me customize the experience?
If true, this will be interesting to watch.
Wondering how exactly this will justify the cost of being “high end.” I happen to like the utilitarian nature of the black plastic Echo. Are they gonna throw an Echo into an aluminum tube and charge $300 for it?
I was given an Amazon Echo as a gift.
As a kitchen bluetooth speaker it is pretty good.
If you do not also subscribe to Amazon Prime, or Spotify Premium or any numerous other services its a dumb bluetooth speaker that is doing nothing but gathering data.
“…when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.”
Or when I see the device on apple.com.
Not before.
I want a Siri Speaker to look like the leg lamp from Jean Shepherd’s “A Christmas Story.”
Before you posted this comment I could see no reason why this product should exist.
Now I want one. Right now.
🙂
Now imagine it speaking with Shepherd’s voice.
I’m sorry I don’t understand the “glow of electric sex”.
The Old Man sure did.
I should have started that with “Siri:”
Must be the time difference, or jet lag!
In any case, I’d buy one!