The Apple company is about to enter the market of smart home hubs, such as Google Home or Amazon Alexa, and the market will double after the launch of this new product. According to recent rumors, Apple wants to launch a hub for smart homes that is based on Siri, which will control smart gadgets in homes and beyond.
Amazon and Google dominate the market for this type of product, with almost 20 million active in the US at the moment, but few are really useful. After the launch of a product of this kind developed by Apple, the market is going to double thanks to Apple fans who will want to buy the company's newest gadget.
No one knows how much the new product of the Apple company will cost, but probably a price of 200-300 dollars will be practiced by those from Cupertino at the beginning. Apple does not want to launch a cheap product, but an expensive one that offers relatively good functions that will convince people to buy the product, at least in countries whose language is understood by Siri.
The new Apple product would be almost ready for the official launch, and the latest information suggests that WWDC 2017 will be the event where it will be presented. If this is true or not, it remains to be seen, but those from Apple could take a lot of people by surprise with the presentation of this new product.
"Amazon.com Inc is dominating the nascent market for voice-controlled speakers, research firm eMarketer said on Monday. The e-commerce giant's Amazon Echo and Echo Dot devices will claim a 70.6 percent share of the US market this year [...] That puts it far ahead of Alphabet Inc's Google Home, a similar gadget that has a 23.8 percent share, and less successful offerings from other tech companies."
