Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice-president of worldwide marketing, introduced the HomePod speaker at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. Apple’s speaker, called HomePod, emphasizes the enjoyment of music and looks like a wide can with curved edges. Chief executive officer Tim Cook has stressed the importance of Apple’s services business, predicting it will double in size by 2021. It also combats the competitive threat from Google’s and Amazon’s connected speakers: Those don’t support Apple services like Apple Music, which brings in $10 in revenue per user each month. Without an Apple speaker, consumers seeking smart home devices may opt both for competing hardware and services like Amazon Prime and Google Play Music.

Source: thestar June 05, 2017 19:52 UTC