Is this Apple's Siri speaker? Patent hints at new gadget

Rumors regarding Apple's Siri-enabled smart speaker have taken the internet by storm, as leakers have speculated the features that could be included in the design. Now, a new patent may give iOS fans the first look at the highly-anticipated device. The application has illustrated an'Electronic device with radially deployed components' that could boast lamps, displays, speaker, microphones and a range of sensors. The patent's illustrations appear to look like a cylinder-shaped device, which is thicker than Amazon's Echo, with action buttons on the side. News that Apple was designing a Siri-powered smart speaker first surfaced in September 2016, when anonymous sources told Bloomberg that the device had left the researcher and development lab and was being tested as a working prototype.