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They have an A8 in the thing though. It sounds like it will have enough processing snort inside that I imagine they can roll out new functionality pretty regularly.

It also sounds like there is a companion app of some kind (or maybe just for setup?), which could provide an alternative interface on a "pane of glass" that you already have -- your phone.

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Also the device ships in 6 months. Probably they don't want to give out all details in advance.

Quite sure this will eventually open up for developers, but I'm not sure how to provide a smooth user experience. Like how to handle the case when multiple apps would like to react to same voice command.

My guess is that they'll eventually open up SiriKit to the AppleTV and this speaker.

I wonder how Apple will handle the multi-user aspect though. Even with music multiple people in the same household will want to access their own playlists.

It seems like its straight out of their playbook. They've laid some groundwork, perhaps collect some data on things the device gets asked and next year release massive upgrades. I feel its a bit of too little to late, but it is their way.

Normally I would agree... but my Apple TV sits there pretty much the same as it did a year or two ago.

In contrast, the Fire TV had a huge UI overhaul over the last year. Still a bit underpowered for the Stick, but nice to see it still getting some love.

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