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

[GregJohn]

oh god.... Obama.... well that is anti climatic, the rest is great! but the speakers didn't say Canada in this years release.... really apple.... US,UK,AUS not CAN?

 

[appleman1988]

Michelle Obama *gag*

Better than Melania Trump.

 

[AustinIllini]

Wow, I've never read so much deliberate denial. Apple straight up just TOTALLY RIPPED OFF AMAZON AND GOOGLE, FACT! Deal with it. Stop pretending to ignore it.

I mean, it's really more of a smart Sonos speaker

 

[The Game 161]

so does the 12.9 iPad pro get less bezels too?

 

[citysnaps]

$349 is a good price for HomePod if it sounds great.

Agree. Decent price - I'll buy one for starters. They'll sell loads of them.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

I like the Keynote

 

[MH01]

That sounds reasonable to me. Remember Apple rarely is the cheapest.

That ever happen?

 

[DeepIn2U]

Price is a bit too high. They must compete with play1 customers which are priced at 200€.

Exactly. The money and time wasted on Apple's 2nd speaker - recall the first was great and killed less than 1yr - they could've used rebuilding or improving Siri further.

This speaker is a waste of R&D and Cash!
I honestly think Apple is afraid of that Essential speaker - IT looks more promising. Funny Schiller raged about no screen on a speaker and yet Apple deliver's one and ti does not even connect to AppleTV to SHOW you results! Sad.

 

[JeffyTheQuik]

I'm not going to thank them until I hear how much RAM it has.

I already have enough for the 512GB Cell model saved up, and at this point, I'm pulling the trigger on this early next week.

 

[SkankHunt42]

Michelle Obama, really?! May as well bring in Hillary fresh from Re/Code!

 

[rwilliams]

All right, let's go hunt for iOS 11 and the beta configuration profile

 

[AustinIllini]

So an over priced Google Speaker, over priced iMac and new iPad sizes?

We miss you STEVE!!!!

Everything was overpriced when Steve was in charge

 

[Deeznuts.]

Where is iOS 11 now ?

 

[lec0rsaire]

Wow, I've never read so much deliberate denial. Apple straight up just TOTALLY RIPPED OFF AMAZON AND GOOGLE, FACT! Deal with it. Stop pretending to ignore it.

And Google totally ripped Apple off with Android. FACT!!! Deal with it! They also ripped off the digital assistant and high PPI (retina) screens. Nobody was even thinking about that before Apple released them.

 

[BittenApple]

by have michael on ???

 

[cardfan]

Works with "hey siri" Now you can have 5 devices go off at once! How about some customization here apple?

 

[Rogifan]

As usual the price kills another product on arrival...

How so? I was expecting it to be more expensive. Top of the line Sonos speaker is $499. Bose has some more expensive than that. No way Apple was going to price it the same as an amazon echo.

 

[sracer]

I already have enough for the 512GB Cell model saved up, and at this point, I'm pulling the trigger on this early next week.

I was talking about RAM not storage.

 

[dominiongamma]

so does the 12.9 iPad pro get less bezels too?

Nope! 12.9 looks outdated now sadly but got updated tech at least , I am going for 10.5

 

[macbookhair]

Tim is on his political crusade again.

 

[Peace]

Definitely not cheaper than Sonos.

http://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/play5.html

$499

 

[adrianm2000]

Kind of meh.

 

[kyleh22]

Did they mention multi-room support?

they said it works in harmony with other devices. They didn't mention if it would support stereo, which is something that is very important to me.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Is Siri getting any better though, or is she still a blonde?

 

[Wowereit]

Who would want this for $350 when you can get a few echo dots and a nice pair of speakers for well under that price?

DIY HomePod

Get some nice speakers.
Get any wireless dongle thing.
Plug it into the speaker.