University of Cumberlands Apple Home Pod Business Intelligence Discussion
Research Apple Home Pod. How does it interact with smart home devices? Alexa is now connected to smart home devices such as thermostats and microwaves. Find examples of other appliances that are connected to Alexa and write a report. 200-300 words
Among all the other smart home devices Apple's home pod is one of the best devices. This apple home pod is a wireless speaker. It is one of the best speakers in sounding technology. Among all the sound speakers this is one of the smart speakers we have available. We can control this type of Apple home pod by using voice. It can be controlled with the help of Apple's virtual assistant. Their type of home pod is very worth able to the user. Here most people are not believing that this speaker is not a good smart speaker. This apple home pod is not very compatible when compared with the other devices which are not Apple devices. We can connect Alexa to our smart home (Alexander, 2018).
The Amazon Alexa can connect with smart home devices like dishwashers, coffee machines, microwaves, and thermostats, and also it will be connected to the dryers. These connections could be done with a few steps only. Here the Amazon Alexa connection could be done in just their simple steps. The first step is we have to link the home appliance to Alexa. The next step is we have to connect the user's Amazon account to Amazon echo, and the final step is to activate the skill. In microwaves, we have seen the Alexa button down to the number pad. We can control the microwave with our voice when that microwave works with Amazon Alexa. We can connect the thermostat by using Amazon Alexa. Along with the Amazon Alexa here we are using Honeywell skill in the thermostat (Lopatovska, Rink, Knight, Raines, Cosenza, Williams & Martinez¸ 2019).
References
Alexander, R. (2018). Apple HomePod: Master your HomePod, User Guide and Manual.
Lopatovska, I., Rink, K., Knight, I., Raines, K., Cosenza, K., Williams, H., ... & Martinez, A. (2019). Talk to me: Exploring user interactions with the Amazon Alexa. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 984-997.
Discussion 2:
Apple’s Homepod is a smart speaker that contains Siri that is critical in taking the users’ commands. It also provides answers to the questions asked by the users. Therefore, Siri available on the HomePod allows for the joining of the Apple products which are HomeKit enabled, such as Apple Watch, iPhone and the iPad (Fifield, 2020). Therefore, a user can use the phrase ‘hey Siri’ to conduct different activities such as using thermostats and putting on lights. The HomePod also allows for connectivity even without physical access. Such is because of the availability of the built-in home hub functionality (Sharda et al., 2020).
Therefore the HomePod allows for remote access to all the various HomeKit enabled accessories. Therefore, the HomePod allows an individual to use their voice to control their smart home. The HomePod speaker uses Siri to set reminders, make calls, check traffic and get news. Therefore, its performance greatly relies on the availability of compatible iOS devices. It must also be paired with an iCloud ID. To access music, there is a requirement for Apple Music Subscription (Fifield, 2020).
Many Smart home appliances are connected with Alexa. One of these is the coffee maker machines such as the Home Connect Coffee machine (Vandome, 2018). Through the Alexa command, the coffee is made without doing it yourself. The second device is the washing Machines. For this, the user inquires from Alexa using a voice command when the laundry will be done. Alexa can also be connected to intelligent vacuum cleaner devices.
References
Vandome, N. (2018). Smart Homes in easy steps: Master smart technology for your home. In Easy Steps.
Fifield, N. E. (2020). Apple HomeKit Application and Cost Breakdown.
Sharda, R., Delen, D., Turban, E. (2020). Analytics, data science and artificial intelligence: systems for decision support. Pearson