EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc.’s HomePod speaker made headlines at the company’s annual developer conference. But for thousands of developers at the event, the conversation was abuzz with another topic: augmented reality.

EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc.’s first major new product for two years, the HomePod speaker, marks the biggest effort yet from the technology company to use its Siri digital assistant to keep customers wedded to a growing palette of products and services.