Apple HomePod speaker favors sound over Siri

 Apparently Apple knows Siri kinda sucks, because it was the last thing mentioned in the unveiling of the new HomePod speaker. That’s why it’s dumpily named as a successor to the iPod, not Apple’s old-but-unwise voice assistant. The $349 HomePod wifi speaker has 7 beam-forming tweeters, a custom subwoofer, multi-channel echo cancelling, and acoustic modeling in an Apple-y… Read More