Manton and Daniel talk about Daniel’s HomePod experiences so far, including the best and worst of Siri’s behaviors. They speculate about how important the audio quality of the device will be to “regular people,” and compare it to other qualitative advances in technology. Finally, they bemoan the continued shortcomings of Siri’s SDK, and wonder whether Apple will expand upon it at this year’s WWDC.
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Links:
- The New Sound of Home – Apple’s official marketing page for HomePod.
- Head to Head – David Pogue scrutinizes HomePod’s audio with a blind (subjective) quality test.
- Amazon Echo – One of the music players Pogue put up against HomePod.
- Sonos One – Another of the players.
- Google Home Max – The last of the players.
- Good vs. Better at Bad – Joe Cieplinski’s take on the state of Siri vs. other personal assistants.
- Apple Knowledge Navigator – Apple’s 1987 concept video.
