Apple Rumored To Be Working On An Amazon Echo Like Device

According Bloomberg, Apple is working on developing an Echo-like smart-home device based on Siri. The project has exited the research and development lab and is now in prototype testing, the article adds. Bloomberg says that, like Amazon’s Echo, the device is designed to control appliances, locks, lights and curtains via voice activation, the people said. However, “Apple hasn’t finalized plans for the device and could still scrap the project.”