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Apple’s smart home push is either a decade late or just on time
The best time for Apple to truly embrace smart-home tech was five or ten years ago. The second best time, of course, is now. The good news is that, according to reports from reliable sources such as Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple seems to have finally embraced the home as an area of growth, and a bunch of new Apple-designed home products are on the way.
It’s a sensible decision, and if Apple does it right, its years-long intransigence in this category might not matter. Let’s take a look at where Apple may be going.