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Internet-connected household devices such as speakers, displays, cameras, doorbells, locks and thermostats, controlled by app or voice assistant.
Apple's HomeView pre-order pages, for a 7-inch device with an A18 chip, list no purchase, cart or payment function for Siri AI, Forkast reported. With no agent transaction defined, the merchant-of-record default stays in place.
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Apple has tested built-in Apple TV microphones for hands-free Siri, along with a Siri Remote that has its own speaker, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. MacRumors says the microphones are not confirmed for the box shipping October 30, so the findable remote is the firmer bet.
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Apple's tvOS 27.2 beta 3 holds Apple Intelligence code that 9to5Mac and MacRumors expect to reach only a new Apple TV, due as soon as October 13. Going by the code, anyone buying an Apple TV this week gets a box that keeps the Siri it has today.
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Amazon repriced Echo, Kindle, Fire TV and eero overnight and blamed memory costs. The models it left alone hold more memory than the ones it raised.
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The foldable will take the attention on Wednesday, but for teams that maintain a device matrix the consequential item is duller, a launch calendar that reportedly breaks into an autumn half and a spring half.
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