- Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Watch users will soon have the ability to control Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) appliances through the wearable.
- Whirlpool announced the development at CES and said the compatibility would come later this year to 20 connected appliances.
- Whirlpool says Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Alexa and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Assistant voice controls will also arrive in 2018.
- In other Apple news, KeyBanc analyst John Vinh suggests that recent Taiwanese media allegations of low iPhone X orders could prove true.
- Vinh writes that iPhone X “feedback indicates sell-through has been somewhat disappointing” and that the premium model fell short of the 8/8 Plus “due to the price tag and limited promotion.”
- Vinh says conversations with carriers revealed “worse-than-expected iPhone X demand.”
- The analyst also lowered his rating for Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS), which gets 79% of its revenue from Apple.
- Apple shares are down 0.2%.
- Cirrus Logic shares are down 0.95%.
- Previously: Apple, suppliers drop on iPhone X sales report (Dec. 26, 2017)
- Previously: Rosenblatt defends Apple on iPhone X sale cut (Dec. 26, 2017)
- Previously: Apple analyst says low iPhone X estimates still "too high" (Jan. 2)
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