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Apple Details How HomePod Can Detect 'Hey Siri' From Across a Room, Even With Loud Music Playing
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No they aren't.
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That's Ok if you don't care about your privacy.
The Alexa app lets you monitor and control every request being uploaded to Amazon.
HomePod will give out your personal information from your phone to anyone that asks, and won't even let you know it happened.
Try retraining it. I notice my iPhone reacting to only my voice saying "Hey Siri" every time I use HomePod. Fortunately, HomePod overtakes the command about 49 out of 50 times.
Even if these HomePods would be able to cook spaghetti for me - I am restricted to having iTunes running for music, I have to stream radio stations (other than that Apple Radio whatsoever) from a second device. No: I do NOT want to subscribe to Apple Music. I have my own music at home.
Uncripple them (spaghetti optional) and we will be in the game immediately.
Until then - no joy - my wallet stays closed.
Uncripple them (spaghetti optional) and we will be in the game immediately.
Until then - no joy - my wallet stays closed.
You're only talking about the obtrusiveness you know about and can see. We also know that Echo is a lot more intrusive when it comes to data collection and acting on that data. That stuff is even more freaky to me than an easily explainable "Hey Siri" mis-trigger.
I agree but do you ever notice that some days HomePod just seems almost deaf? I've had it hear me whisper across the room for many months straight and then for just one day, I have to speak loudly right next to HomePod in order for Siri to hear me. Then the next day it's fine again. Sometimes I reset the power on it and that fixes it but it's annoying.
It's all so easy right. Imagine how much further Apple would be if only they hired you.
The HomePod is not even remotely overpriced even if you completely ignore the AI capabilities.
Being able to catch "Hey Siri" is the least of Siri's problem. It should stop being useless to make me to use it in the first place.
Erm, they do thanks. They may not have all the same fancy technology, but they hear me from different rooms when my music is on.
It's obscenely overpriced when you consider it only supports music from an Apple source
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yours must be special because even my brand new 3rd generation model can’t hear me when music is playing the way HomePod does
Behave, it's hugely overpriced. I got 2 Sonos 1's in a pair with £100 spare. Will be even more overpriced when Apple Music comes to Alexa in about 2 weeks.
Mine hear me whether the music is playing from the Echo, the Sonos, or from the surround.
Too bad it only works with music. I have a lot of iTunes movies. I wish it was possible that getting two of these connected to Apple TV would sound really good but I saw a Youtube video that shows very poor sound.
A stereo pair sounds good to great for movies with some caveats given that it’s a beta feature.
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Yes, it works ridiculously well. On the other hand Siri is still quite limited in her response.
Using traditional pricing, not Christmas sale pricing, two Sonos Ones are $375 through Best Buy. One HomePod is $350. Every single review out there puts the HomePod on par and many say it is better than two Sonos One speakers. But ya know, keep up your narrative.