And we've only really seen Apple execute on building an entire
ecosystem of hardware products that sort of fit coherently together.
Not exact matches
Along the way, Apple has smartly also brought people into its
hardware and software
ecosystem — an iPhone purchase might also lead to an iPad purchase, and once you have both, you probably have a bunch
of content and apps that you don't want to have to replace by switching to a competitor's
products.
While such a device sounds familiar to iRhytm's Zio patch, the patent suggests Apple is looking more broadly into the development
of an
ecosystem of products that would be anchored by a single wearable platform device (likely wrist - worn), and augmented through various
hardware sensors that could live in, on, or around the body and communicate with the primary device.
«If you look at the skills Apple has, from
hardware to software to services and an incredible app
ecosystem, this set
of things are very, very unique,» Apple CEO Tim Cook said about new
product categories.
This and Google's push for Assistant — essentially a unification and simplification
of disparate Google services, all handled through one intuitive interface — across an
ecosystem of Google
products will define the first generation Pixel's future and the trajectory
of Google's upcoming
hardware.
Google's new batch
of hardware looks like the beginning
of a coherent
ecosystem of products.
Today's announcement was somewhat reminiscent to an Apple event in that the family
of products are building an
ecosystem by controlling
hardware and software together.
Of course, it helps that I had a Chromecast plugged in to the set, but that's exactly Google's plan: to show you how its hardware and software work well together across its growing ecosystem of product
Of course, it helps that I had a Chromecast plugged in to the set, but that's exactly Google's plan: to show you how its
hardware and software work well together across its growing
ecosystem of product
of products.
None
of this is surprising, but it emphasizes the sense that this
product is not going to be appealing to many people who aren't all - in on Apple's
hardware and services
ecosystem.
Apple does a lot to keep consumers locked in its
ecosystem and has demonstrated its latest push with the release
of the iPhone X. From mostly closed - source software to proprietary
hardware, many find it hard to separate from Apple
products once introduced.
Right now, the Fitbit Ionic, the fitness company's first smartwatch, is in that awkward phase any tech
product inevitably finds itself when its parent company introduces a new platform and
ecosystem; the
hardware is excellent, in many ways surpassing what's out there in a number
of categories; but in other ways — in smartwatch ways — it's lacking.
Apple, for instance, has long avoided the practice
of sharing its apps and other
products with third - parties, hoping instead that customers will invest in its own
ecosystem of hardware and software to get what it says is the best experience.