Column: The 'Internet Of Things' Is Taking Over - Bernews

On February 9th, 2018, Apple suddenly woke up and finally released the HomePod. It plays music and, assuming your house and all its gadgets are connected using Apple's HomeKit ecosystem, it will let you control them via Apple's intelligent assistant, Siri. It can tell you what the weather or news will be, and it will answer [possibly] whatever other random questions you think of. It can turn off your lights or air-conditioning. If you have an iPhone, you'll know what Siri is – basically say "Hey Siri, play XYZ" and then pray what the results might be. There are other competitors to HomePod already, primarily Amazon's Echo, which is powered by its Alexa voice assistant and Google Home which uses Google Assistant.