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Amazon takes on Apple in smart home gadgets
Amazon is pursuing an open-systems approach that allows quick development of many features, while Apple is taking a slower route that asserts more control over technology
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, Jan 29, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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IN LESS than a year, Amazon's combination of the Echo speaker system and the Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant has come close to delivering on the elusive promise of easy-to-use technology that can control gadgets in the home with a few spoken words.
Yet Amazon.com Inc's surprise success sets up a long-term battle with Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google for primacy in the connected household. And the contours of that competition are following a classic tech industry dynamic.
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