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this is home pod Apple's new smart speaker that's meant to take on Sonos in Amazon by combining great sound and a smart home assistant in the form of Siri for the ultimate home device one of apple's big focuses with home pod is how it uses technology to make sure music sounds great no matter what the space it uses a microphone ray to figure out information about the room you're listening to music in and automatically Tunes itself to offer the best results and while it'll be awhile before we can get our hands on one to try it ourselves early impressions are that the home pod offers some really good sound apples also making series smarter with home pod especially when it comes to music so you'll be able to ask more detailed questions like who's the drummer in this song or what was the top song on may 5th 2016 which is pretty cool unlike the Amazon echo or Google home home pod puts music ahead of being a digital assistant but it can still do the usual batch of stuff you'd want from voice control the system including weather reminders timers news sports scores and more you can even send AI messages but you're limited to whatever Apple has on offer through Siri instead of being able to install your own skills like on Amazon echo or Google home home pod also works as a central hub for smart home accessories with apple's homekit if you've got smart lights or outlets that are compatible with apple standard you'll be able to control them by voice through home pod and since home pod is always connected to Wi-Fi you can use it as a bridge to control smart home stuff from your iPhone even if you're away from home home pod will cost three hundred and fifty dollars from the launches in December which is a good bit more than just picking up an echo or Google home but if Apple can really deliver on the sound it might just be worth the price you