The HomeView and Echo Show 16 could be the family computers I’ve been asking for

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Apple’s and Amazon’s new home devices might finally make the smart display genuinely useful. But they’re taking opposite approaches to get there.

Three years ago, I wrote an obituary for the smart display. The category — smart speakers with touchscreens attached — was stuck with a few underpowered gadgets from Google and Amazon that tried to do too much and did too little well.