Siri, Apple’s soothingly voiced personal assistant, is about to move from your iPhone into your home, said Mikey Campbell in AppleInsider.com. Apple has applied for a patent for a “full function ‘smart dock’” that uses voice recognition to control docked devices. Purchasers would configure the device to recognize certain sounds, such as a finger snap, as a signal to wake up Siri in the docked iPhone or iPad to await further commands. The gadget would also feature wireless connectivity to cloud-based databases, allowing users to do things like update their calendar by talking to the dock. Third-party peripherals could also be added, including removable hard drives, environmental sensors, and GPS modules. The docking station, which would be fitted with a built-in screen of its own, could also be used as “a sort of smart wireless speaker system.”
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