Not exact matches
The overall play for Amazon, says Forrester Principal Analyst Thomas Husson, is to continue to make Alexa more useful with more
smart home integration and more media
capabilities.
We evaluated their setup processes, apps, physical dimming performance, digital dimming performance,
smart home ecosystem
integrations, remote control
capabilities, and how well they work with popular virtual assistants, including Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and Google Assistant.
We evaluated their setup processes, apps, physical and digital performance,
smart home ecosystem
integrations, remote control
capabilities, and how well they work with popular virtual assistants, including Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and Google Assistant.
Learn more about Alexa's built - in
smart home capabilities and start building your own
integration.
While Apple has discussed the $ 349 USD (about $ 450 CAD) speaker's high - end audio
capabilities, the tech giant has remained relatively quiet regarding its Siri
integration, how the speaker's operating system works, and perhaps most strangely, anything related to the HomePod's
smart home integration.
As expected, the
smart speaker offers voice recognition
capabilities backed by Google's AI and built - in far - field microphones, and with Wi - Fi
integration, the unit can be paired with additional speakers and create a network throughout one's
home.
However, its
smart -
home integration is limited to IFTTT, and its smoke - detection
capabilities are only as good as the alarm in which you use it.