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It will be interesting to see how well the HomePod will integrate with other devices. I have fiddled some with home automation and unfortunately, working with A

by Jhsto 9y ago

It will be interesting to see how well the HomePod will integrate with other devices. I have fiddled some with home automation and unfortunately, working with Apple products has been a miserable experience. I see no role of Apple devices in my or anyone else's setup unless they will open up their devices a bit. For example, as far as I know, if I want to use Alexa to play something on an Apple TV, I need to use libraries which have reverse engineered the IR remote. Why can't I stream video to a specific URL and be done with it? If it takes Apple this long to ship a smart speaker, how do they think to keep up with integrating (or producing their own proprietary) building blocks for the smart home vertical? If their devices on the smart home vertical continue to be as closed as the Apple TV, people will be completely locked-in Apple's ability to produce new devices, which certainly hasn't seem to be in their recent past interest. Chinese companies like Xiaomi have shown far better judgment for the future by implementing MQTT protocols for their devices. I just think Apple's take as of now is a lost cause if they seek to dominate the space with the same sort of walled-garden approach as they did with apps. Applying gardens to physical devices space as wide as a smart home will take much more effort than it does for software.

Helmet 9y ago
It will be interesting to see how well the HomePod will integrate with other devices. It will most likely integrate perfectly and seamlessly with other Apple devices, and maybe not so much with other manufacturers. I have fiddled some with home automation and unfortunately, working with Apple products has been a miserable experience. Really? They are generally considered to be the UX/UI standard and have, arguably, built their entire company on optimizing these two things. If it takes Apple this long to ship a smart speaker, how do they think to keep up with integrating (or producing their own proprietary) building blocks for the smart home vertical? Apple generally releases products with a more narrow scope, and then iterates on those products. This has been their general approach, and it seems to be working well for them. If their devices on the smart home vertical continue to be as closed as the Apple TV, people will be completely locked-in Apple's ability to produce new devices, which certainly hasn't seem to be in their recent past interest. People have been "locked in" into their services and devices for years now, yet they keep coming back. I just think Apple's take as of now is a lost cause if they seek to dominate the space with the same sort of walled-garden approach Every single reasonable business metric (stock price, sales, growth, etc.) would indicate that you are wrong and those folks in Cupertino must be doing something right, but hey I guess this could be the thing that dooms Apple to mediocrity.

by Jhsto 9y ago

Helmet 9y ago

It will be interesting to see how well the HomePod will integrate with other devices. It will most likely integrate perfectly and seamlessly with other Apple devices, and maybe not so much with other manufacturers. I have fiddled some with home automation and unfortunately, working with Apple products has been a miserable experience. Really? They are generally considered to be the UX/UI standard and have, arguably, built their entire company on optimizing these two things. If it takes Apple this long to ship a smart speaker, how do they think to keep up with integrating (or producing their own proprietary) building blocks for the smart home vertical? Apple generally releases products with a more narrow scope, and then iterates on those products. This has been their general approach, and it seems to be working well for them. If their devices on the smart home vertical continue to be as closed as the Apple TV, people will be completely locked-in Apple's ability to produce new devices, which certainly hasn't seem to be in their recent past interest. People have been "locked in" into their services and devices for years now, yet they keep coming back. I just think Apple's take as of now is a lost cause if they seek to dominate the space with the same sort of walled-garden approach Every single reasonable business metric (stock price, sales, growth, etc.) would indicate that you are wrong and those folks in Cupertino must be doing something right, but hey I guess this could be the thing that dooms Apple to mediocrity.