Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has a track record of not necessarily staying "on message" when it comes to his personal opinions on the direction of the company. In a recent interview he recently said that if he was still working at the Cupertino Calif. company, he would encourage the company to work with one of its biggest rivals, Google.
Wozniak told the BBC that he thinks the company would be more powerful if it were to create a good relationship with Google. Apple would be able to improve services such as voice-assistance software Siri. In addition, the company would develop better wearable technology such as smartwatches and augmented reality glasses, a product that Google already has a proven track record with.
"I wish to God that Apple and Google were partners in the future," he said, according to Mashable. However, Wozniak could not say how close the two companies are, he could only mention that if he were still working there he'd ensure that the relationship was very close.
"I'm probably wrong - there's probably an awful lot I don't know about the business concerns, and one thing you've got to remember is a company has always got to make money."
Wozniak pointed out that Apple is not as strong as Android in a lot of key areas, for example, voice commands.
"Sometimes I say 'Go to Joe's Diner' and [Siri] doesn't know where Joe's Diner is. And very often usually I find out that Android does," he said. "That is actually the future of intelligence probably for computers getting smarter and getting artificial intelligence."
Wozniak discussed partnerships with other rivals like Samsung as well.
"There are good things I see on Smsung phones that I wish were in my iPhone," he said. "I wish Apple would use them and could use them, And I don't know if Samsung would stop us."
Apple and Samsung have been in a not-so-subtle rivalry for smartphone supremecy ever since Samsung's latest Galaxy lineup of smartphones have given Apple a run for its money as the top sales maker for smartphones in the world.
