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Apple may be planning to introduce Siri to a new home, one that doesn’t live in your pocket or on your wrist. A Bloomberg report suggests that Apple may be developing a smart home device akin to Amazon’s Echo that uses Siri to control other devices around the home, including smart lights and locks. Individuals “familiar with the matter” claim that the project has already gone through research and development, and it has now entered the prototype testing phase.

According to the report, Apple will try to set its product apart from Echo and Google’s new Home device by incorporating “more advanced” microphones and speakers as well as facial recognition sensors that could help the device identify who is in the room. Apple has acquired the startups Faceshift and Emotient over the past couple years, both of which have experience in facial-recognition technology.

Since the device is assumed to be controlled by Siri, it could potentially be used for many existing Siri commands; for example, you might be able to ask the device to read your e-mail, stream Apple Music tracks, or send a text message. Apple reportedly first tried to integrate Siri into the Apple TV, which would have let users speak commands to the set-top box. However, project was never completed, and Apple instead decided to integrate voice-commands into the TV’s controller.