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- ernexbcn0
Their fancy speaker isn't selling like they wanted, it kinda makes sense, Siri is the worst voice assistant of the 3 big ones and this thing doesn't connect with other music providers.
- yep, massive fail.
they just hired top Google AI dude to overhaul Siri so perhaps they will start to catch up soon.fadein11 - Why would anyone buy that – you're locked into their infrastructure, their ai isn't as good as either Alexa or Google and for sound quality...Wolfboy
- ... there's a smart Sonos speaker. Apple do good products when they bring something new to an existing table, but this feels totally half arsed.Wolfboy
- Apple first with Siri, but then so slow to innovate. Amazon saw the potential and beat them to it. Now apple trying to claw there way into the market...shapesalad
- Doesn't matter they got billions in the bank. They could pay all their staff $1m and close up shop. Why companies nether exit like this?shapesalad
- Apple bought Siri, they never managed to develop it, and now they've fallen behind.
https://techcrunch.c…zarkonite - If Apple wants any success in this market they need to license out airplay 2 like whores and get it on as many 3rd party devices as possible.monospaced
- The sound is supposed to be incredible. The hardware is fantastic, they just need to get Airplay 2 in order.Gnash
- The whole 'personal assistant' is still at the gimmick stage, anyway.Gnash
- If the assistant is just a gimmick why buy this product? far better gimmick free speakers out there.fadein11
- I think he's saying all personal assistants are at the gimmick stage so far. That I agree with, for the most part.monospaced
- but what's the point of a homepod if it doesn't work properly, just buy a bluetooth/wireless speaker (loads of options).fadein11
- Let's see how it goes but it does seem an odd product right now and the sales figures confirm that.fadein11
- I believe it works very well, actually, and the reviews on the sound are that it's spectacular, especially at how it adjusts to the room.monospaced
- it's certainly got major issues though, specifically with the assistant and the one account it's attached to, and of course its limitation to Apple Musicmonospaced
- yep, massive fail.