“Apple will kick off its WWDC 2016 Monday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco,” Jay Somaney writes for TheStreet. “Apple does not usually focus on hardware at the WWDC event because it focuses mainly on software side enhancements and introduction of new features in that area. So, if there is any announcement regarding their product lineup, it will more than likely be a surprise to most.”
“What I am looking for at WWDC is some sort of announcement that shows that Apple has not completely ceded the virtual assistant market to Amazon Echo and the virtual assistants that Google will soon release Google Home,” Somaney writes. “That has been one of my biggest concerns about how successful Echo has been and how far behind Apple seems to have fallen behind Amazon.”
Somaney writes, “From what I hear, everyone who uses Echo absolutely loves the product and considering Siri has been around for six years or so, I am aghast that Apple has not even remotely achieved Echo-like success.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Most people do love their Amazon Echo and Amazon Tap devices, but there is certainly much room for improvement on the concept should Apple deign to do so.
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