New teardown reveals Apple’s HomePod costs $216 to make
While Apple typically enjoys healthy margins across its entire product line, the recently released HomePod isn’t exactly positioned as a huge profit-maker for the Cupertino-based …
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Apple isn’t the only company that has problems with speaker design
Yesterday, we learned that Apple’s HomePod, a $349 smart speaker designed to fit in with your other luxurious home furnishings, leaves a white stain on …
Apple says HomePod’s white stains ‘not unusual,’ suggests placing on ‘different surface’
Apple has responded to numerous reports that the HomePod can stain some wooden surfaces with a resounding ‘meh.’ In an updated support article, Apple confirmed …
Apple confirms the HomePod can leave permanent marks on wood furniture
Since being officially released last week, Apple’s $349 HomePod has earned rave reviews for packing excellent sound quality into such a small speaker. But the …
HomePod teardown reveals how Apple made it sound so good in spite of its size
After years in development, Apple finally launched its HomePod smart speaker last week. Reviews were mixed, but audiophiles seem to agree that the sound quality …
Sonos founder and former CEO reviews Apple’s HomePod
Apple released the HomePod speaker this past Friday, and it was probably the only Apple launch we can recall that can’t be described as “hotly …
Apple’s HomePod may sound amazing, but it could let anyone listen to your text messages
While there’s no question that Apple is joining the smart speaker party a little bit late, Apple has never been one to rush a product …
HomePod review roundup: Great sound can’t save this not-so-smart speaker
Apple’s long-awaited smart speaker, the HomePod, is finally set to launch on Friday following months of delays. Although this launch has been low-key as far …
These are the audio sources Apple’s HomePod will support at launch
After a multi-week delay, Apple’s HomePod is now available for pre-order, with deliveries expected to begin on February 9. While many of the early HomePod …
HomePod review roundup: Apple’s new speaker lives up to the hype
One of the more interesting things about the HomePod is that Apple’s isn’t positioning the device as a direct competitor to products like Google Home …
Preorders for Apple’s HomePod are now live
After being unveiled last summer and then delayed multiple times, Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is finally available to preorder as of this morning on Apple’s …
Early HomePod review: Sound is superior to the Echo and Google Home, but Siri may be a liability
After a brief delay, Apple’s HomePod smart speaker will finally hit store shelves on February 9. Sporting a $349 sticker price, the HomePod isn’t exactly …
Apple will release its HomePod speaker on February 9th for $349
Apple over the past few months has been on the receiving end of some well-deserved criticism regarding a number of increasingly high-profile product delays. Most …
HomePod release date is likely right around the corner as device secures FCC approval
Apple recently received FCC approval for the HomePod, signaling that the company’s highly anticipated smart speaker — which has been delayed for quite a few …
Apple product delays have increased dramatically during the Tim Cook era
From AirPods to the HomePod, Apple in recent memory has been plagued by a number of uncharacteristic product delays. Indeed, because Apple has a long …
Amazon and Google want their smart speakers in your home, no matter how much it costs them
Amazon and Google are fierce enemies in a new business: Smart speakers. Amazon’s Echo has a clear lead on Google Home, and Apple’s HomePod delay …
Apple has lost the smart speaker war before it even began
Apple a few weeks ago announced that its expensive HomePod smart speaker wasn’t going to be ready for a late 2017 launch, as promised initially, …
Amazon Echo and Google Home benefited from Apple’s HomePod delay
Apple’s HomePod was supposed to launch this December, perfectly timed to take advantage of the busy shopping period leading up to Christmas. But in what’s …
The outrage over Apple’s HomePod delay is way over the top
Late last week, Apple announced that it was delaying the release of the HomePod, the company’s Siri-based smart speaker that was initially slated to launch …
The sad inside story of the HomePod, Apple’s ‘huge missed opportunity’
It doesn’t make its own smartphone (anymore), and it doesn’t have a regular computer either. But Amazon is the undisputed king of voice computing at …
Apple’s HomePod speaker won’t ship until 2018
Apple has delayed the launch of HomePod, its upcoming smart home speaker, to “early 2018.” The company didn’t give a reason for the delay, other …
Report: Next-gen HomePod will have Face ID because sure why not
Although Apple’s first-gen HomePod is still nothing more than a twinkle in Jony Ive’s eye, a new report from Nikkei suggests that Apple is already working …
Apple is going to hamper the HomePod by restricting Siri
With the flurry of buzz and excitement swirling around the impending iPhone X launch, it’s easy to forget that we’re just a few short weeks …
Apple’s HomePod spotted in the wild months before launch
All of the attention surrounding Apple’s upcoming September 12th event has understandably been on the new iPhone (iPhone 8? X? Edition?), but it isn’t the …
Apple found another way to ’kill’ passwords
One of the most annoying things about technology that we must endure on a daily basis is authentication. We need to input at least one …
Apple’s HomePod stock will reportedly be limited at launch in Q4 2017
It’s no surprise that iPhone 8 supply will be constrained this fall, but the new smartphone might not be the only Apple product you’ll have …
New leak directly from Apple confirms wireless charging in the iPhone 8
Apple mistakenly released HomePod software into the wild, and the operating system revealed more details about the iPhone 8 than we’d have expected. In fact, …
The HomePod still had a few secrets left, but Apple accidentally spilled them
Back at WWDC 2017, Apple unveiled a brand new product, the type of device Apple fans were already expecting: a smart speaker that will compete …
Huge Apple leak confirms iPhone 8 design
With each new iPhone 8 leak that we’ve seen so far, it becomes increasingly obvious that the hottest iPhone that Apple will launch this year …
Apple’s HomePod might be hiding a killer secret feature
Back in June, Apple did what many analysts and insiders expected it to do by taking the stage at WWDC and announcing the upcoming release …
