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HomePod Launches February 9, Available to Order Starting Friday in United States, UK, and Australia
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“The team has worked to give Siri a deeper knowledge of music so that you can ask to play virtually anything from your personal favorites to the latest chart-topping releases, simply by saying 'Hey Siri.'”
Does this mean the Siri built into the HomePod is more advanced than the Siri on iPhone X? Because currently I would ask Siri to play some songs I have in my library and it would go to the store to play a song with the same name. I’m like wtf, why would you go to the store and find a song if I have what I’m asking for in my library.
It’s in my library and not necessarily my favorites. Does this make the difference? Do I need to favorite all my songs in my library???
Does this mean the Siri built into the HomePod is more advanced than the Siri on iPhone X? Because currently I would ask Siri to play some songs I have in my library and it would go to the store to play a song with the same name. I’m like wtf, why would you go to the store and find a song if I have what I’m asking for in my library.
It’s in my library and not necessarily my favorites. Does this make the difference? Do I need to favorite all my songs in my library???
I’m kind of skeptical of that... if you have multi-room support, you would have potential buyers attempting to buy two instead of one.
And the Apple crowd would buy 2 of these in a heart beat. You don’t want to give customers a reason to wait... you want to have those features ready to use.
go here https://www.apple.com/homepod/specs/My page is missing the reference to Bluetooth.
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EDIT: Just realised the page has been updated since I opened it, there's much more information there now.
Well, since it doesn't store your voice data in the cloud, it definitely won't offer the same level of NAS oversight of your life as Echo and Google Home: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/22/16920440/amazon-echo-google-home-nsa-voice-surveillance
So true to the first three BUT the last two have had ZERO impact on me and never will!
In terms of sound quality, I would assume the Homepod would easily be 3x better than the Echo. This is a SQ speaker (hardware+software), with Siri. Echo and Google are assistants with a simple speaker. Different markets.
You could purchase HomePod and if it doesn't meet your expectations, return it within 14 days. That's my plan (and I may purchase a second one if I end up liking the first).
That's what I did when the Watch came out two years ago; assuming I'd likely return it because the value proposition wasn't clear, and I hadn't worn a watch in 10 years. After 3-4 days there was no way my Watch was not going back. It's been on my wrist at least 12 hours/day ever since.
Ditto on how I purchased the iPhone X, not being sure how I'd like FaceID. It was a keeper as well.
I'm sure the sound will be great, but I'm reluctant to buy a device that I presume will lock me into iTunes. I guess we won't know for sure until it's released, but I'd be more comfortable if this think also plays Amazon Music or Spotify etc.
At least most of Amazon's devices are very cheap, so if you want to switch it's not so pricey to do so. Also, Siri really, really needs to be improved. It's about the worst personal assistant -- except for perhaps Samsung's Bixby. Apple just keeps dropping the ball in so many areas despite vast resources.
At least most of Amazon's devices are very cheap, so if you want to switch it's not so pricey to do so. Also, Siri really, really needs to be improved. It's about the worst personal assistant -- except for perhaps Samsung's Bixby. Apple just keeps dropping the ball in so many areas despite vast resources.
Sound quality. This is a high end audio device, not an Amazon buy me button and speaker.
If you have Spotify on your phone, I'd assume you can airplay it to the homepod.
The page was updated after I'd opened it, the new info was available after I'd refreshed it.
For those who are comparing it to the Amazon thing - try listening to the two side by side. It's like comparing a AM radio with a decent speaker!
It's a bit like saying "Why is that Ferrari so expensive when I can buy a mainstream Ford Focus cheaper". The Amazon is cheap, nasty with poor quality components. It'll end up in landfills very soon!
Enough said guys!
It's a bit like saying "Why is that Ferrari so expensive when I can buy a mainstream Ford Focus cheaper". The Amazon is cheap, nasty with poor quality components. It'll end up in landfills very soon!
Enough said guys!
If Siri in this new device is as far behind competitors as Siri in my phone, no way I'd shell out for this. Apple really needs to up their Siri game.
Must use Apple Music? Hard pass.
Shame to see Apple start to make the very same mistakes Sony made which undid their empire.
Shame to see Apple start to make the very same mistakes Sony made which undid their empire.
Good thinking. Probably do that.
Isn't that the case with any Apple product though haha. You think "why would I need something like that or I've gone this long without it why do I need one or a new one" then a week later you wonder how you ever lived without it.
I think the biggest problem they have is that there's no compelling reason to replace an existing Sonos setup with this. It doesn't even have any component to handle your TV output, unless the only thing you ever use is an Apple TV, and even at that you may have to manually select the speaker from some AirPlay menu each time you want to watch TV. This seems like a pretty odd choice from Apple - there is no need to enter this space. It has so much competition that already serves this "need" really well. Given that Sonos is already supporting Alexa, plus Google in the Spring, and also AirPlay, not to mention they integrate with a full system that includes a soundbar, I predict this will go the way of the Apple HiFi.
Yes it can, especially with acoustic beamforming.
It may turn out to have decent sound quality for it's size and price but it's most definitely not a high end audio device.
You're probably correct, but that's a lesser solution to having it run native on the HomePod. When my friends come over and music is playing on Alexa, they like to keep telling her to play their favorites and since I'm carrying my phone around they can't do that as easily if I'm airplaying from my phone.