Apple's Chance to Dominate the Smart Home
After nearly a decade of fits and starts, the integrated smart home may finally be ready for prime time. And this time it might not be a new speaker that'll enable smarter homes -- it might be your TV box.
As Verizon (NYSE: VZ), AT&T (NYSE: T), T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS), and Sprint (NYSE: S) roll out 5G networks, they're also rolling out 5G home routers. Right now, those devices look a lot like a traditional cable or DSL router, but we may start to see devices that add functionality like Alexa and home music. This could be Apple's opportunity to include a 5G wireless connection and mesh network in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) TV and make the product a hub for the smart home.
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