It has been more than three years since Apple introduced the fifth-generation Apple TV with support for 4K video, but according to Bloomberg, the company has big plans for the future of the product line. Citing people with knowledge of Apple’s plans, Bloomberg reports that the iPhone maker is currently working on a new smart-home …
Apple’s HomePod was by all accounts an incredible device when it came to acoustic performance, but its $349 price point, not to mention a debut that was delayed until early 2018, prevented it from truly making an impact in the smart speaker market. So while the HomePod sounded amazing due to some of Apple’s audio …
Apple revealed a smaller form factor of its HomePod speaker during the company’s new product event today. The speaker is like a pint-sized version of the larger HomePod. Today at Apple’s iPhone 12 event the company took a moment to offer HomePod fans something a little bit different. It’s a smaller, cheaper version of the …
The coronavirus has made it more challenging for Apple to work on new products. Apple this year plans to release a new HomePod and more budget-friendly iPads. Other products on track for a 2020 release include a new MacBook Pro, a new Apple Watch, and a new Apple TV. Visit BGR’s homepage for more stories. …
A little more than a year after its launch, the HomePod has received what appears to be a permanent price drop. On Monday, 9to5Mac was among the first to note that the price of the premium smart speaker has dropped from $349 to $299 on Apple’s website. This new, lower price applies to both the …
Apple’s HomePod hasn’t quite dominated the industry in the way that its phones and tablets have (yet, anyway), but the underlying technology that powers the smart speaker is undeniably impressive. Therefore, it’s no surprise that the company is thinking about employing the same beamforming technology — which enables speakers to automatically adjust to the size …
Five years ago, “digital prophets” were predicting that the future would be made up of digital villages and brand mindshare. Even the more grounded technologists were predicting that by 2018, we’d all be wandering around with Google Glass instead of smartphones. One thing that no one saw coming was the smart speaker, which Amazon pioneered …
When Apple launched its HomePod smart speaker early this year, it did so into a vacuum. While there were a ton of smart speakers already on the market, there were few that cost upwards of $349; virtually none of those had the kind of chic trash-can aesthetic that Apple had designed, less like a traditional …
The $349 HomePod smart speaker Apple released earlier this year hasn’t yet won more than 6 percent market share, thanks in part to a late release into a category dominated by heavy-hitting rival speakers from the likes of Amazon and Google. Indeed, according to research from Strategy Analytics, Apple’s is only the fourth most popular …
Apple’s HomePod debuted to rave reviews, but it seems that the device — which sells for $349 — is simply too expensive to make much of a dent in the smart speaker market. According to a recent research report put together by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), HomePod sales currently fall somewhere in the 3 …
