Apple said to open up Siri with SDK, debut an Amazon Echo competitor

Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook. (credit: Chris Foresman)

On the heels of Google announcing its Home voice assistant device, Apple isn’t far behind with its own competing software and hardware. A report from The Information claims the company will open up Siri, its voice assistant launched in 2011, with an SDK, and it will soon reveal a device equipped with Siri to compete with Google’s upcoming product and Amazon’s Echo.

According to “a person with direct knowledge of the effort,” Apple could release the Siri software developer kit at its annual WWDC event in June. It would allow app developers to integrate their programs into Siri so users could access the app’s features with voice commands. Through direct deals with companies including Yelp, Siri can already access some apps, but the SDK would open up this integration to any developer that wants to use it. Developers would also be responsible for making sure Siri is connected to their apps “when appropriate.”

As for the Amazon Echo competitor, it seems like it’s only a matter of time before Apple does something to get into this space. The unlikely success of Echo and its Alexa voice assistant already brought Google into the space with its tabletop Home device. According to The Information’s report, though, Apple’s voice-assistant device has been in the works since before Amazon came out with Echo.

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