morky

I think the price point may be confusing to those who see it as an Echo or Google Home competitor, which it is. I understand they are competing with Sonos here as well, plus providing a secure home automation platform, but it might make sense to have a cheaper version without the high-end audio to compete directly with Amazon and Google. I actually need a good audio system and may consider this, despite also owning a Google Home. Plus I'd rather buy into the HomeKit world than use competing platforms, for integration with my existing Apple-based home tech, and for security reasons. I'll keep the Google Home, though, as Siri is not to good at answering questions.

dacloo said:

FlyOver is absolutely useless. It requires a lot of data and it doesn't provide the visual cues you need to find whatever you are looking for. It's a gimmick.
Streetview however, is super useful, but it unfortunately seems Apple is not going down that route.

The Apple "street view" car passed by my house in Brooklyn, NY last summer, so they are doing something in that arena.

The robotics solution will play out eventually, regardless of mandates.

I'm recently a car owner for the first time in 20 years, and after a month all I can say is self-driving cars can't come soon enough. There are far too many people who simply should not be allowed to control a vehicle. Mainly it's the crazies who think it's critical to weave in traffic to get to their destination three minutes faster that make driving miserable.