{"slug": "siri-ai-can-only-do-so-much-for-smart-home-dominance-apple-needs-to-improve-two", "title": "Siri AI Can Only Do So Much. For Smart Home Dominance, Apple Needs to Improve These Two Products, and Fast", "summary": "Apple's Siri AI has limited smart home capabilities, and the company must improve its HomePod and Apple TV products to compete in the smart home market, according to a PCMag technology journalist. The article highlights that smart home platforms often face device discontinuations and service changes, and voice assistants still need improvement.", "body_md": "As a longtime technology journalist, I’ve slogged through multiple smart home platform transitions and poorly implemented gadgets. It's easy to be skeptical; companies [discontinue devices](https://uk.pcmag.com/home-security/157319/google-discontinues-nest-protect-smart-smoke-alarm) and [services](https://uk.pcmag.com/smart-home/148769/amazon-discontinues-alexa-guard-will-require-subscription-for-its-best-features) every year, and home voice assistants still need work.\n\nThat said, an honest evaluation of …", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/siri-ai-can-only-do-so-much-for-smart-home-dominance-apple-needs-to-improve-two", "canonical_source": "https://uk.pcmag.com/smart-home/166977/siri-ai-can-only-do-so-much-for-smart-home-dominance-apple-needs-to-improve-these-two-products-and-f", "published_at": "2026-08-29 15:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-29 15:20:04.749876+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Apple", "Siri", "HomePod", "Apple TV", "PCMag"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/siri-ai-can-only-do-so-much-for-smart-home-dominance-apple-needs-to-improve-two", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/siri-ai-can-only-do-so-much-for-smart-home-dominance-apple-needs-to-improve-two.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/siri-ai-can-only-do-so-much-for-smart-home-dominance-apple-needs-to-improve-two.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/siri-ai-can-only-do-so-much-for-smart-home-dominance-apple-needs-to-improve-two.jsonld"}}