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Unknown   8:41 AM

While some expect Apple to build its own version of an Echo smart speaker, the company may stay focused on the software side and Siri. Apple will likely talk about more HomeKit features at its developers conference in June, including newly supported appliances and possible ways the software could work better with the Apple TV.

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Unknown   8:37 AM

Friedman, whose company helps manufacturers create Internet-connected appliances, said he had no direct knowledge of whether Apple could be working on an Echo competitor but sees voice expanding into more products.

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Unknown   8:34 AM

Apple could supercharge its efforts with an Echo-like device that ties everything together.

"It is inevitable," Dave Friedman, CEO of Ayla Networks, said about Apple creating an Echo competitor. "All the big guys compete with each other. Google has Nest, Amazon has Alexa and Apple has Siri. And Siri is already a cornerstone of HomeKit, and it will get into lots more stuff."

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Unknown   8:22 AM

But there aren't many actual products yet that work with the software. You can find a few smart power plug adapters, lighting products from Philips and Lutron, and a few thermostats that work with Siri and HomeKit right now, but Apple seems to be taking a cautious approach. It hasn't opened its smart home product family to the full breadth of household devices yet.

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Unknown   8:15 AM

Apple revealed its HomeKit platform in 2014, which lets people control door locks, lights and other smart home gadgets with an iPhone or iPad. Apple users can control their various connected devices from one program -- even using its iOS-based digital voice assistant, Siri -- rather than switching back and forth between different apps.

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Unknown   8:05 AM

Apple will need to work hard to catch up. With the Echo Dot, any speaker can gain access to Alexa. Samsung has said it might add Amazon's digital voice assistant to its $5,000 super fridge, and Ford and Toyota want to add it to their cars. Even Google has invested in the smart home, with its Nest unit selling devices like smart thermostats (which also work with Alexa).

So far, Apple just has HomeKit, a platform for developers to integrate smart home devices into its iOS mobile software. Typically, the company releases a fully formed product that combines hardware, software and services. In the case of HomeKit, it's counting on partners for the products.

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Unknown   7:52 AM

I also really liked using the new, optional preview mode that lets you delete or share photos immediately after taking them. Oh yes, the S7 has optical image stabilization (OIS), which helped keep my photos from blurring after all those jetlag-fighting coffees. I'm still less sure of the 5-megapixel front-facing camera, which now has even more "beautification" filters than before. I never liked these, even though I'm vain enough that I don't want to see every line and wrinkle. To me, they make skin appear plastic and dull; maybe the uncanny valley of too-perfect skin, but I know plenty of people who love the youthening effect. At any rate, I turned all of these filters to zero, but still found that selfies either looked fake or overly harsh. Something in the processing seems off, but this isn't a dealbreaker by any means