Mike Wuerthele
The delve into the HomePod firmware continues, with enterprising coders extracting resources including user interface sounds from the device.
The sounds were extracted by Avery Magnotti and pulled from the audioOS resources in the file. In order of presentation, they are alarm1, Lighthouse, SessionInactive, SetupFinal, SetupStepSource, SetupStepTarget, timer1, TwoShot, and WOCAudioPasscodeTone.
Magnotti also discovered on Monday that the HomePod would have 1GB of RAM, and a 272x340 screen — the same as the 38mm Apple Watch.
A graphic that appears to represent the form factor of the as-yet unreleased "iPhone 8" was also gleaned from examination of the firmware, as well as resolution and display size information.
Apple's $349 HomePod was revealed at the 2017 WWDC and will ship in December. The HomePod is powered by an Apple A8 chip and features realtime acoustic modeling, audio beam-forming, and multi-channel echo cancelation. It also contains a subset of Siri, optimized for music consumption.
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this is the first I've heard of a screen...was this news out before today? so it will be on the top showing different commands im assuming?
I think that's the colorful thing you see at the top of the device in the picture above. it may just be used for animated abstract patterns at this point.
Whatever it is.. it's definitely not a normal speaker. 1 GB RAM is definitely a lot of RAM and nothing on Apple indicates a screen. On Apple's site, it said, "The top also shows you when Siri is listening, with an LED waveform that animates with your every word." I think it's for Apple Watch to link with HomePod, not the HomePod itself.