How HomeView foreshadows Apple’s post-app, Siri-first future

As the iPhone grew into an unprecedented success, Apple was marching its users toward millions of downloads to the drumbeat of “There’s an app for that.” Meanwhile, Amazon and Google were flooding homes with waves of TV platforms, smart speakers, and cameras. These products and their underlying connectivity standards formed a deep foundation to support a new generation of AI-driven services far surpassing those of Google Assistant and the original Alexa. At its home product...