How HomeView foreshadows Apple’s post-app, Siri-first future
The smart-home screen is deeply plugged into the Apple ecosystem, but goes to new places by by ditching the App Store and putting Siri at its heart.
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.
