Like the Amazon Echo and Google Home, Apple's HomePod speaker will play music while also helping people to manage their lives and homes. Amazon sells the main version of the Echo for $180; Google's Home speaker goes for $130.The Echo, released in 2015, and Google Home, released last year, were the first entrants in a promising market. Apple said that makes the Mac a great platform for development virtual-reality ``experiences. Facebook, HTC and Sony have high-end VR systems, too.Virtual reality has been described as the next big thing for decades. It will also be possible to exchange data between gym equipment and the watch.In a nod to Amazon streaming fans, Apple is also bringing Amazon Prime to its Apple TV app.

Source: Economic Times June 05, 2017 19:30 UTC