Briefing
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- Apple's HomePod – Apple introduced HomePod, voice-control enabled, wireless music speaker designed to work with Apple Music, capable of providing music recommendations based on user preference as well as additional information through advanced searches
- Device Specifications – Pill-shaped, Siri-operated circular speaker, equipped with seven beam-forming tweeter array, custom-made woofer, Apple A8 chip, multi-channel echo cancellation, and real-time acoustic modeling
- Commercial Availability – Available initially in U.S., U.K., and Australia starting December 2017, with starting price of $349 (US$)
- Competitors – Expected to directly compete with Amazon's Echo Google's Home, and Sonos
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