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
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 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
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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