Live Coverage of Apple's WWDC 2017 Keynote: iOS 11, macOS 10.13, Notebooks, iPad Pros, and More

[Dorje Sylas]

So... what about the Screen you ribbed the other Speaker makers about I haven't seen a Screen yet.

 

[budselectjr]

"Delete all NPR content from this device"

 

[MH01]

so it's an expansive Echo with inferior Alexa....but superior audio

 

[xalea]

I'm not seeing any Siri demo for this. Gee, I wonder why.

 

[Stella]

I guess the HomePod doesn't do Siri commands yet!

 

[navaira]

$299, in Europe €429.

 

[dannyyankou]

Sorry Phil, the Yankees are winning the division this year

 

[eyeseeyou]

Echo dot + UE MEGABOOM >

 

[apolloa]

$299? Or $499?

 

[lec0rsaire]

$399 looks like the price. Apple always charges a premium.

 

[bbeagle]

It's going to be expensive

It's sonos-quality. And sonos run from $199 for the low-end to $749 for the high-end

 

[AustinIllini]

How is this better than a Sonos system? I mean, I know it's smart, but from an audio standpoint it seems subpar

 

[PhillyGuy72]

I guessed $299 previously and that sounded high.

Now I'm going $399

I'll go with $249

 

[xflashx]

Well, kind of useless when you're not living in the US. Good luck telling her to play a song with an English title when Siri is "german".

 

[jamesrick80]

He doesn't even sound right saying "homepod"...terrible name

 

[Olz]

That's EXACTLY what people with Sonos do. You put one or two in each room of your house, and they all work great together.

You don't know what you're joking about. This is for a whole-home setup.

You're probably right, but $3990 is a lot. With iPads and iPhones having such great speakers in them these days, there's less and less need for dedicated speakers.

 

[mrgraff]

Maybe the prompt should be "Hey, speaker" seems like "Hey Siri" might also activate your iPhone.

 

[jdillings]

Must correct myself. Sonos not dead. Apple homespypod has microphones always on.

Phil is now discussing the privacy features

 

[1Zach1]

LOL$349. You crazy, Apple.

 

[lec0rsaire]

Alexa is superior as is Google but privacy is the difference here.

 

[D.T.]

HomePod supports Augmented Reality!!

Should have been AppleHome

Well, they've got HomeKit, the Home app (for managing), Home<this>, Home<that>, works for me.

 

[MellowFuzz]

Yikes! HomePod is your hackable home.

 

[yanki01]

$349!

 

[Dorje Sylas]

So it becomes a Brick if you can't get Internet Access.

 

[rolsskk]

I guess they were too busy focusing on "Machine Learning" to improve Siri.

 

[PhillyGuy72]

$349 ouch.