Even so, Apple showed on Monday that it was continuing to bet on the devices by unveiling an iPad upgrade<br />that the company’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, said was pushing the tablet “further than it ever has before.”<br />The company introduced a brand-new version of the iPad Pro with a 10.5-inch display, which is 20 percent larger than the previous 9.7-inch model.<br />The new iMac Pro may help compensate for Apple’s previous professional desktop, the Mac Pro, which was widely panned by critics and customers.<br />WWDC 2017: Apple Announces HomePod Speaker to Rival Amazon’s Echo -<br />By BRIAN X. CHEN, FARHAD MANJOO and VINDU GOELJUNE 5, 2017<br />• Apple gave a sneak peek of HomePod, a speaker, to rival Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home.<br />The company introduced a lower-cost version of the 9.7-inch iPad priced at $329 in March<br />and a 12.9-inch iPad Pro, compatible with an Apple stylus and keyboard, in 2015.<br />• The company also showed new iPads at its annual developer conference, which typically focuses on software instead of hardware.<br />The category is getting pretty crowded: Last year Google released a talking home computer of its own, called Google Home,<br />and Microsoft’s assistant, Cortana, is also making its way to home speakers.
