Things Apple Needs to do just to Beat Alexa

Here are the criteria for apple to nail it 

• Reduced Price

Homepod cost $349 but check out Amazon's speakers range in price from the $50 Echo Dot to the $230 Echo Show; Google's speakers range from the $50 Home Mini to the $399 Home Max. people are largely buying the lower price of Amazon smart speakers Even though Apple is not trying to compete with others, the price of homepod should drop to a reasonable level.

• Introduction of third-party skills, i.e Apple should allow outside developers to create voice commands for Siri.

Add device partner. (Apple needs more smart home integrations. Period.)

Improve Siri: Siri needs a pretty significant overhaul to reach the sheer number of features as Alexa and Google Assistant