who believes that Apple plans to enter a new product segment with the rumored smart home speaker. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman shared a few details about the upcoming device.

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Luckily, there is one way to embed Bluetooth speakers in your home that may surprise you: smart light bulbs. There are a surprising number of companies out there producing LED light bulbs that ...

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Matter is a smart home standard focused on promoting interoperability between the various competing home ecosystems from Apple, Google, and Amazon. A new report says smart speaker support is in ...

This would mean you could control any Matter speaker from any Matter-supported ecosystem app But what about Apple’s HomePods or Echo speakers, those support Matter? Yes and no. Smart speakers ...

so if you’re playing a movie on Apple TV, you can turn every AirPlay 2 speaker in your home into an expanded home theater sound system — a handy feature for those without a dedicated soundbar ...

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