Apple ahead of HomePod's schedule arrival this Friday gave select members of the press a nice tour of its dedicated audio laboratory in Cupertino, California where engineers tested the Siri-powered smart speaker's sound capabilities.
Former New York Times technology columnist David Pogue has spent some hands-on time with Apple's HomePod and came away impressed with sound quality.
Additional HomePod details are trickling in ahead of its scheduled February 9 launch.
HomePod can't be used as a regular Bluetooth speaker even though it has Bluetooth 5.0.
An update to Uber for iPhone, dated January 22, has nixed integration with Siri and Apple Maps.
There has been some major confusion lately regarding what Apple's HomePod wireless speaker can and cannot play.
Apple’s HomePod became available for pre-order two days ago, and the Cupertino-headquartered company is already hyping it up with four brand-new ads, subtly-named Bass, Beat, Distortion, and Equalizer.
Each name depicts the animation shown at the beginning of each respective video, just before the product itself appears in the frame. You can check them out below:
If your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch runs iOS 11.2.5 or later, Siri in hands-free mode can read out the news to you. You can even ask your smart digital assistant to read aloud news stories limited to specific domains, such as sports, business or music, here's how.
HomePod is arriving in less than three weeks and Apple is releasing advance software support for the $349 Siri-powered speaker ahead of its scheduled launch on Friday, February 9.
Ahead of HomePod's February 9 launch, Apple today released the iOS 11.2.5 software update.
On Tuesday, January 23, 2017, Apple released iOS 11.2.5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
One of the tidbits about HomePod that can be gleaned easily from Apple's refreshed website and today's press release announcing the device's February 9 availability is the fact that the Siri-driven smart speaker won't take phone calls at launch.