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At long last AppleInsider finally had a chance to review the HomePod, Apple's first entry into the smartspeaker universe. Other points of interest during the week included plans for "iOS 12," and more hints that future iPhones will have rear-facing 3D sensors.
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Everything you need to know:
- The HomePod sounds great, but Siri is a problem > >
- Here's how the HomePod's audio ranks against other smartspeakers > >
- Starting with "iOS 12," Apple may roll out features more gradually > >
- Rear-facing 3D sensors could reach iPhones as soon as 2019 > >
- Apple is rushing to fix a messaging bug that crashes iPhones and iPads > >
- Shareholders voted against Apple setting up a human rights committee > >
- The next TV show joining Apple's slate is based on NBA star Kevin Durant > >
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I just installed my Home Pod and it is impossible to get it to play the Apple Insider Podcast. No matter what I say to Siri, I get this:
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I came this just short of cursing Siri out but last time I did that, she told me that it was not nice to speak like that...... LOL
I did walk closer to the Home Pod and it finally said, I see no podcast named Apple Insider..... sigh.
interesting. i wonder if it’s because AI spells it as one word “appleinsider” in the podcast directory?
On the HomePod ... We were at a friend's house for dinner with another couple last night. All had Apple watches. I mentioned I'd got a HomePod and loved it. I then had to listen to a barrage of comments that sounded like every anti-Apple comment read here on the HomePods. None of them had heard a HomePod but the list of reasons they didn't need or want one ran the gamut from too expensive to not as good as the Amazon speaker. I pointed out a few years earlier when we had talked about the Apple Watch they all dissed it too and swore that their Fitbit or whatever were far better value and listed all the the Apple watch's issues and why it would never succeed. They are going to come around to our home with an Amazon speaker to do a side by side with the HomePod. This should be fun.