{"id":342806,"date":"2017-06-06T03:19:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T19:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com\/?p=1499889"},"modified":"2017-06-06T03:19:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T19:19:27","slug":"apple-announces-the-homepod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-announces-the-homepod\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple announces the HomePod"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Next Story<\/p>\n<p><h4 class=\"next-title\">iOS 11 brings drag-and-drop, windows and a file system to\u00a0iPad<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"78.824590851867\">\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Apple\u2019s long-rumored Amazon Echo competitor is real. It\u2019s called the HomePod (yes, I know). \u201cWe want to reinvent home music,\u201d Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the company\u2019s WWDC keynote. The Apple Speaker is focused on music first, not Siri.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s SVP of Global Marketing Phil Schiller said Sonos aren\u2019t smart speakers and Amazon Echos aren\u2019t good speakers. So Apple wants to combine the best of both worlds. It\u2019s a smart marketing strategy. HomePod is shipping later this year \u2014 it\u2019s not quite ready for prime time.<\/p>\n<p>The device is a pill-shaped circular speaker. It has a seven beam-forming tweeter array. It has a custom-made woofer and an Apple A8 chip. It has multi-channel echo cancellation, real-time acoustic modeling and more.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inset inset-sm inset-section\">\n<section class=\"aside section video-aside crunchreport collapse collapse-adjacent\" data-video-id=\"5931e7d485eb427b86989d3b\">\n<h2 class=\"collapse-title section-title\">Latest <span>Crunch Report<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"collapse-body cf\">\n<ul class=\"vid-list cf\">\n<li class=\"block vid-feature\" data-lightbox-omniture=\"crunchreport\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"block block-inset\" readability=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/the-world-is-melting-crunch-report\/5931e7d485eb427b86989d3b\/?ncid=rightrail_cr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.vidible.tv\/prod\/2017-06\/02\/5931e7d485eb427b86989d3b\/5931e88be9399f591d499ff2_o_U_v1.jpg?w=300&amp;h=170\" alt=\"The World Is Melting | Crunch Report\" data-lightbox-url=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/the-world-is-melting-crunch-report\/5931e7d485eb427b86989d3b\/lightbox\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h3>The World Is Melting | Crunch Report<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/crunchreport\/?ncid=rightrail_crmore\" class=\"text-btn\" data-omni-sm=\"rightrail_crmore\">Watch More Episodes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The HomePod can scan the space around it to optimize audio accordingly. Schiller spent a lot of time talking about how good it sounds. It\u2019s hard to know for sure when you\u2019re listening to a song coming out of giant speakers in a conference hall.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the speaker works well with Apple Music. You can talk to the speaker to play anything in your Apple Music library and more. You can say \u201cplay more songs like that,\u201d or \u201cI like this song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You also can ask other Siri queries, such as news headlines, the weather, sports scores and more. And if you have HomeKit-enabled devices, you can control your lights, garage door, air conditioning and more using this speaker.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inset inset-sm inset-section\"\/>\n<p>Interestingly, Apple also announced AirPlay 2 earlier today, which lets you pair multiple speakers and play music in multiple rooms. I\u2019m sure many customers will buy multiple speakers for their home.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to cost $349. It comes in white and space grey. It starts shipping in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Other countries will get HomePods next year.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s about it for now. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll learn more about the device in the coming months, but it seems like Apple is downplaying this announcement. The company knows it\u2019s late to this market. So it has to prove that it can make a good speaker before calling it the best speaker ever.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/wwdc-2017\/\" class=\"event-after-article\" data-ga-event=\"click\" data-ga-event-category=\"Marketing - Internal\" data-ga-event-action=\"After Article Graphic\" data-ga-event-label=\"WWDC 2017\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/wwdc-2017-banner.png\"\/><\/a> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/apple-liveblog1070.jpg?w=680\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/apple-liveblog1070.jpg?w=680 680w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/apple-liveblog1070.jpg?w=1360 1360w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/apple-liveblog1070.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/apple-liveblog1070.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/apple-liveblog1070.jpg?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>&nbsp;Apple&#8217;s long-rumored Amazon Echo competitor is real. It&#8217;s called the HomePod (yes, I know). &#8220;We want to reinvent home music,&#8221; Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the company&#8217;s WWDC keynote. The Apple Speaker is focused on music first, not Siri. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/06\/05\/apple-announces-the-homepod\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=gRz--QFKhOs:B4OFwyw6q1w:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=gRz--QFKhOs:B4OFwyw6q1w:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=gRz--QFKhOs:B4OFwyw6q1w:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=gRz--QFKhOs:B4OFwyw6q1w:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=gRz--QFKhOs:B4OFwyw6q1w:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=gRz--QFKhOs:B4OFwyw6q1w:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=gRz--QFKhOs:B4OFwyw6q1w:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=gRz--QFKhOs:B4OFwyw6q1w:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/gRz--QFKhOs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-342806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}