APPLE ANNOUNCED THEIR LATEST INVENTION...WELCOME HOMEPOD!

Apple unveiled its Siri speaker, HomePod during its WWDC keynote. It is yet another category where Apple is a bit late to the scene, but Apple's pitch, as usual, is that it is delivering a more premium audio experience that the competition; Google Home, Amazon and Alexa. 

The HomePod is a small, vaselike case that houses a four-inch woofer and seven tweeters. It is powered by Apple's A8 processor, like the iPhone. HomePad features 'real-time acoustic modelling', which allows it to tweak music to suit its environment. Apple is also targeting Sonos as a competitor, a sign that the HomePod's audio quality will be better that what we've seen from Amazon and Google. 

The great thing about the HomePod is that Siri is not just a voice command you can activate, but also a 'musicologist' that will help you find new music on Apple Music. You will be able to ask Siri more variety of questions, such as "who is the guitarist playing in this band?"

The HomePod is coming in December for $349, which is significantly more expensive than Amazon Echo, Google Home and Sono. Let's hope we get some hands-on time with it soon, so keep an eye out!!