Launched during Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2017, the HomePod is the Cupertino company's attempt to take on
the intelligent speaker market, competing against the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and other similar devices.
Not exact matches
Connecting these devices with emerging technologies like connected
speakers and
intelligent voice assistants to expand their practicality, while also making them easier to use and monitor, represents one way PERS companies can continue to grow in the evolving healthcare
market.
More consistent Wi - Fi access means more consistent Google Assistant access, and thus an edge in competition with others in the
intelligent assistant and smart
speaker market like Microsoft's Cortana and Amazon's Alexa.
-- One very important thing about smart
speakers, particularly the Echo line, is that they're cutting - edge technology (voice control and
intelligent assistants) in devices that right from the start have been
marketed at a mainstream audience.
Amazon's Alexa voice assistant software captured 88 percent of the global
intelligent home
speaker market in the last quarter of 2016, according to Strategy Analytics.
Much to the delight of music fans around the world, Apple has used this year's opening WWDC keynote to introduce HomePod, a brand new
speaker system that looks to compete with other
intelligent smart
speakers on the
market.
Even so, Amazon has established itself as a strong player in the
intelligent assistant and voice control
market with Alexa, Echo
speakers, Alexa's compatibility with a wide range of today's connected devices, and Amazon's own music offering and Alexa augmentation, its service provides additional competition and choice.
But it needs support to venture into this new
market and realize its goal of launching its own
intelligent assistant and smart
speaker.