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it's looking more and more like Apple will be joining Google and Amazon in the smart speaker wars hey Siri would you rather fight one horse-sized Alexa or 100 Alexa sized horses we've suspected Apple was working on a standalone Siri device for a while but Bloomberg is now reporting Apple has begun to manufacture a smart speaker the company may even announce it at this year's WWDC which kicks off June 5th in San Jose California now before you Apple fans start whipping out your wallets and throwing money at the screen you should also know that it looks like the device is not slated to hit retail until later this year so you're good for now so what is new in this report rumor has it this unannounced speaker won't have a screen but will still aim to act as a homekit hub Apple music is likely to be a key integration and third-party services could be on the menu though first party services will probably take the lead something like this speaker might help iPhone users start using homekit more regularly opening a door to other smart home devices and services Apple might offer in the future and encouraging users to stay within the Apple ecosystem as always we never really know what's up with Apple until they officially announce things we'll be covering a WWDC 2017 in full force when the conference kicks off but for now we'll just have to hope that a Siri speaker is very close to being announced for more check out cnet.com I'm Ashley sceva vegan humans