Today the HomePod is all about music, but it could be so much more…
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What to expect at Apple’s WWDC 2018
Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) kicks off with its traditional keynote on June 4, 2018…
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 4th in San Jose
Apple today announced it will host its 29th annual Worldwide Developers Conference…
Tim Bajarin: Why Apple needs a ‘HomePod mini’
Apple has some real headwinds when it comes to the HomePod’s ability to gain market share…
Why Apple’s HomePod targets home entertainment, not a voice-first mobile-free world
Imagine turning your home into the bridge of the Star Trek Enterprise, where a disembodied voice deftly answers every question…
Why Amazon can crush Apple in the smart home market or something
On Tuesday after the close, it was announced that Amazon.com, Inc. will buy Ring…
Amazon to acquire Ring video doorbell maker
Amazon has reportedly agreed to acquire smart home company Ring for more than $1 billion…
Homecam for HomeKit app gains powerful new controls, video switching on Apple TV
Homecam is a handy HomeKit app on iOS and tvOS that specializes in letting you view…
How to control your home with the HomePod
You can use your HomePod to control HomeKit accessories…
Analyst: Apple should focus on capturing the living room in its next product cycle
Apple should figure out how to capture more consumers in the living room with more content…
Tom’s Guide reviews Apple HomePod: Great sound, but Siri needs work
Music has long been part of Apple’s raison d’etre; Steve Jobs drew inspiration from…
Apple’s HomePod pre-orders sell out a day ahead of launch
Apple’s site is currently sold out of HomePod units…
John Gruber reviews Apple’s HomePod: Seemingly impossible sound quality
I’ve been testing Apple’s new HomePod for the last week or so…
The Independent reviews Apple’s HomePod: Exceptional audio quality, easy to use, and reliably accurate with spoken commands
The Apple HomePod is Apple’s smart hi-fi speaker, with a big emphasis on hi-fi quality audio…
‘What Hi-Fi?’ reviews Apple’s HomePod: The best-sounding smart speaker we’ve ever tested – by far
Apple’s HomePod is the best-sounding smart speaker available – and by quite a margin…
Ben Bajarin: You can’t unhear Apple’s HomePod
Apple’s HomePod will be the best sounding speaker many people have ever owned…
Inside Apple’s HomePod audio lab
Apple built an anechoic chamber specifically to build and test HomePod. It’s also one of the largest anechoic chambers in the United States…
Ten things nobody has told you about the Apple HomePod
The Apple HomePod arrives in stores this Friday, February 9…
TechCrunch reviews Apple’s HomePod: Easily the best sounding mainstream smart speaker ever
I come at this thing having sold high end audio equipment for around 7 years…
One hour with Apple’s new HomePod smart speaker
There’s finally good news for those eagerly awaiting Apple’s take on the smart speaker…
Here are the best HomeKit-enabled smart home products announced at CES 2018
From smart showers to smart faucets and smart switches to smart buttons, CES 2018 has been jam-packed…
A new OS war is about to begin
We are about to move into what I call the mini operating systems wars for edge devices…
Apple’s AirPlay 2: What it is, how it works, and which devices support it
AirPlay has been with us for a long time…
iOS 11.2 introduces ‘SiriKit for HomePod’
Apple has detailed an upcoming feature included in the new iOS 11.2 developer beta…
Massive HomeKit improvements in iOS 11 include faster switching and much more powerful automation
You can tell from the numerous improvements iOS 11 brings to HomeKit that the standard…
Elgato showcases five new HomeKit accessories
Elgato is expanding its Eve product family of HomeKit-enabled accessories…
Apple’s future is Siri
The iPhone shows no signs of going away, and it’s possible to imagine that we’ll still be carrying some…
Ikea’s smart home dares to make sense
The ‘smart home’ has not yet distinguished itself. Sure, you might dim your lights…
TechHive reviews Schlage Sense: The heaviest-duty of heavy-duty HomeKit-enabled smart locks
A bit on the industrial side? Perhaps, but if reliability is what you really want…
Apple has proven me wrong about HomeKit
Apple has made major changes to HomeKit that accelerate the standard’s trajectory…
Apple acquires BellSouth patent regarding home device automation and smart interaction
The patent covers a smart home environment being controlled by a single handheld device that learns new functions over time…
Bluetooth SIG announces mesh networking capability, ideally suited for IoT solutions
The new mesh capability enables many-to-many (m:m) device communications and is optimized for creating large-scale device networks…
Apple unveils smart home experiences in its retail stores worldwide
A chance to try some Apple HomeKit products…
Apple’s Siri is still the top-ranking personal assistant, but active users declined 15% YOY
The report analyzed mobile app usage of U.S. consumers between May 2016 and May 2017…
Apple’s iOS 11 unlocks a future for Internet of Things
With its move to open up near field communication (NFC) support for developers in iOS 11…
How Apple’s once-revolutionary Siri lost its edge
For its first three years, Apple’s Siri had no real competitors. Today, Apple is playing catch-up in a product category it invented…
Associated Press: New Siri smart speaker expected as Apple kicks off WWDC 2017
Apple appears poised to unveil a voice-activated, internet-connected speaker that would create a new digital pipeline into people’s homes…
Apple ready to talk up Siri at WWDC 2017
For much of the iPhone’s first decade, the main canvas for developers has been its touchscreen…
Apple’s ‘Siri Speaker’ has entered overseas production ahead of WWDC
Apple has started manufacturing a long-in-the-works Siri-controlled smart speaker…
Here are all the devices that are compatible with Apple’s HomeKit
Now you can ask Siri to turn on your Philips Hue lights (they can also check the air quality!) or check to see if your…
Apple Siri Speaker: What will it be, how might it look, and what will it do?
What might Apple want from a Siri Speaker? Well, first and foremost…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple likely to launch all-new 10.5 inch iPad Pro and Siri Speaker at WWDC
Apple’s WWDC conference kicks off on June 5th and whilst it is predominantly a software conference…
