Google's New Gemini Smart Speaker Shows Just How Crippled Apple's HomePod Is

The Google Home smart speaker suports Gemini AI with natural language conversations support -- a feature that proves Apple ...

Google Announces $100 Home Speaker With HomePod Mini-Like Design and Gemini AI

Google today announced the launch of a new Google Home Speaker, which has a more HomePod mini-like design than prior versions ...
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Google's new HomePod rival pairs Gemini smarts with room-filling 360-degree audio

Google is back in the smart speaker race with its shiny new Home Speaker. The speaker is the first to launch with Google's ...
MacTech

Survey: 8% of those purchasing a smart speaker in the past six months chose Apple’s HomePod

Parks Associates’ recently released Consumer Insights Dashboard: Tech Ecosystem Dashboard reveals 51% of US Internet ...
9to5Mac

The HomePod becomes a better smart speaker with these two new features

The HomePod got short shrift at Apple’s event yesterday, which ended with barely a mention of Apple’s home speaker lineup. While we are still waiting for a rumored HomePod mini 2 to be announced, ...
9to5Mac

HomePod 26 adds three new features to Apple’s smart speakers

Today Apple launched iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, among a variety of other new OS versions. Although HomePod version 26 contains far fewer updates and new features, it does offer three ...
BGR

Here's How HomePod Software 26 Is Going To Upgrade Your Smart Speaker

Ever since Apple launched the HomePod in 2018, the company has struggled to add meaningful new features. Typically, HomePod updates are related to stability improvements, which aren't especially ...
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Is the Apple HomePod still worth it? 🤔

Here’s an Apple HomePod update for 2019. Was it a success or a flop? Is it still worth consideration in 2019? HomePod may ...