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Apple Hires a New Face for its...Apple Inc. has hired a new employee for its build home products. The report was cited by CNBC. The name of the new employee is Sam Jadallah. Previously, he was the CEO of a smart lockup startup called Otto. But now, he is looking after a smart home initiative to boot.
Otto was doing well; the company did make a similar product like Apple’s, packed with luxury but, as per a report, the main reason behind Otto’s decline is blamed on an unknown investor who pulled out at the last moment.
The new move by Apple is quite interesting as it might be launching a new smart home initiative after all. Till now, the company hasn’t shown any interest towards the creation of HomeKit ecosystems by other companies, one could claim that Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is the exception to the rule, it’s been clear from the first day itself that HomePod is more speaker than smart.
Slowly, the company felt that Siri needs to get smarter and faster. The Cupertino giant poached Google’s AI head to make Siri smarter, and also promoted him to a high executive role this winter. But now, things are different since the new hire may change the company’s smart unit.