Apple Siri-Operated Smart Home In the Works, Patent Hints

Apple seems to have big plans for its voice assistant Siri, as was evident from its launch of the Apple HomePod, Siri-based smart speaker at the World Wide Developers Conference last month. A new patent has revealed that the company has more plans for Siri, including integrating it in a smart home setup. Patently Apple on Saturday discovered an Apple Patent titled "Intelligent automated assistant in a home environment" which was filed in Australia on June 22. The patent seems to be in line with the company's 2015 report titled "Apple Invents Siri for Home Automation ." Both the patent and the report are focusing on Siri and home automation, but the patent also contains information about Siri's home automation usage filed between 2014 and 2016.