Apple’s HomePod sounds really good in its demos

Apple's HomePod sounds really good in its demos
Apple's HomePod: Superb sound, but how smart?
Although we were rebuffed at the Apple's main demo area at WWDC today, later on we did get a chance to go listen to the HomePod. In a controlled demo with specific songs designed to show off the HomePod's strengths, we heard it do some pretty 

APPLE has unveiled a revolutionary smart speaker and augmented reality for the iPhone as part of a raft of product upgrades. Rod ChesterNews Corp Australia Network. June 6, 20179:43am. Mr Cook speaks about the Apple Watch announcement of new

Apple's brand new HomePod sounds good. I know. I heard it. Or rather should i say I experienced it and, in my limited acoustic opinion, the sound the 7-inch capsule-shaped speaker produces is best described as stirring. SEE ALSO: WWDC 2017: iOS 11,

Has Apple just dumbed down the smart speaker?

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote) on Monday introduced the HomePod speaker to compete with Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O: Quote) Alexa assistant and Echo devices for users who prefer voice-operated systems for shopping, planning. It is supremely odd that the technology industry's most revered gadget maker, Apple Inc., responded Monday to a tech device first introduced by a relative gadget lightweight, Amazon. This state of affairs would have seemed impossible in late 2014, when …

Apple's HomePod sounds really good in its demos

Apple 'HomePod' speaker to take on Amazon, Google
Apple 'HomePod' speaker to take on Amazon, Google

Like ​The Atlantic? Subscribe to ​The Atlantic Daily​, our free weekday email newsletter. Without once saying the words “artificial intelligence,” a stream of Apple executives described a vision of the near future in which Siri, the company's AI avatar … . "Hey Siri, what's the weather like?" That was the first of many questions I asked the HomePod Apple installed in the corner of its WWDC demo area, and the answer was the same each time: silence. Sure, the hazy light on top of the speaker ebbed and …

Apple announces HomePod, new iPad and software updates at WWDC 2017


Apple announces HomePod, new iPad and software updates at WWDC 2017

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the opening keynote address the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California. Apple on Monday unveiled its "HomePod" speaker as it moved to challenge Amazon Alexa and Google Home as. Apple is finally jumping into the smart speaker craze. At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference held in San Jose on Monday morning, the iPhone giant announced HomePod, a 7-inch tall speaker for $349. Apple is facing some serious competition from the

An attendee takes photographs of the Apple Inc. HomePod speakers displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, Calif. on June 5. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. Apple Inc.'s first major new product for

Does Apple's HomePod have enough new features to compete against Amazon Echo and Google Home? Email a friend. To. Use commas to separate multiple email addresses. From. Privacy Policy. Thank you. Your message has been sent. Sorry. There was

The HomePod will be available in white and space gray. James Martin/CNET. Apple unveiled the company's long awaited competitor to the Amazon Echo smart speaker at the company's WWDC conference on Monday. Like the Echo and the Google Home,. Tired of watching Amazon Echo and Google Home claim spots on countertops and nightstands across America, Apple entered the smart speaker market Monday by unveilling its $349 HomePod. CEO Tim Cook said Apple wants to "reinvent home music" as

It may have been well-flagged in advance. Even still, Apple's unveiling of a new smart speaker system may be the standout product from its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Jose this week. Apple is positioning the seven-inch device as a very

Siri invading your home with a new Apple speaker

Apple's annual developer conference typically focuses on software improvements. In a departure from that routine, Apple this time also showed a lot of new hardware. Hello HomePod, Apple's new speaker. Amazon pioneered Echo, a device that lets you play

World at Twitter: