Episode 73: Google Home and Siri, Fitbit and Coin, Trump and 'iPhone 7'

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🗓️ 20 May 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Neil and Victor talk about the Home speaker out of Google I/O 2016, and what it means for Siri. Neil talks about Android Pay, and Fitbit's purchase of Coin, and the latest around the 'iPhone 7.'Support AppleInsider Podcast

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Apple Insider Podcast.
0:03.0	Welcome to episode 69 of the Apple Insider Podcast.
0:07.0	We're recording on Thursday the 19th of May 2016.
0:10.0	Joining me today is our editor-in-chief Neil Hughes.
0:14.0	Hey Victor, how's it going?
0:15.0	Today, if you're willing, I want to talk about all things
0:18.0	iPad, Mac, Apple, iOS, and more.
0:20.0	Ready?
0:21.0	Fantastic.
0:22.0	I'm going to start off by asking you about Google I.
0:26.0	And I know that I just said that we were talking all about all things Mac, but this has a
0:30.5	tile because Google released a speaker that looks as if it's trying to take on Home Kit and Siri.
0:35.6	Yeah, I mean it's kind of simultaneously taking on Home Kit, Siri, and the Amazon Echo Alexa platform.
0:45.8	Now, it's, I'm not sure, I mean,
0:48.3	that is, is it a Home Kit compatible thing?
0:50.2	Or, it's not compatible, but it's a Home Kit-like thing.
0:52.4	Yeah, so it's a home kit like thing? Yeah, so it's a standalone speaker that plugs into the wall.
0:58.0	And it has like a powerful speaker in it, so it's meant for listening to music and kind of also
1:04.2	taking on Apple's airplay. So unlike the Amazon echo which is more of a feedback
1:10.4	device and you really want to use it to listen to music. This is actually
1:13.2	something that you could listen to music on and also get weather, get news, get
1:18.8	whatever and it'll do all of those things and control devices in your home as well. So connect to
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