It was reported that Apple is planning to release a competitor that will stand against the Amazon Echo which can have features that are perfect for the home such as getting news headlines, seeking for information as well as listening to music. There are also plans to go ahead and include a camera which is said to have the capability of facial recognition and over time learns more about its users.

The virtual assistant of Apple is also said to be opened up by the company for developers who want to gain access to Siri so that they can go ahead and develop apps which facilitates the integration. It has been claims that the lingual outfit that Apple has bought last year is said to play a vital role in the implementation of the plans of the company where they will go ahead and come up with a home device that is smart. VocalIQ was the company that was acquired by Apple last year in the month of Octover. The company has spent the past 10 years doing various kinds of research in message generation, decision making, belief tracking and natural language. There were also speculations that was made at that time that the company also had hopes to go ahead and use the technology for its Titan project which is the electric car project that the company is working on.

It is also said by sources that have been familiar with the technology of VocalIQ while they were speaking to Tech Insider that the API is likely to be introduced by the company to its Eco competitor so that its ability cannot be restricted to just the session based context but also go beyond it. This includes remembering all the previous searches that was made through the assistant by the user