Re:The Trouble with HomePod Reviews
by tbyehl on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:54AM
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Convenience is a powerful feature.
I took advantage of holiday sales to replace the girlfriend’s pair of Dots and outfit every room of our homes with better Alexa-enabled speakers. Everyone in our households are listening to music more often and the sound experience is alright as each speaker is covering a smaller space, but more importantly, we’ve got everything Alexa offers, everywhere.
I’m curious to see what Apple’s ultimate strategy is. Will they push into lower-end products to get Siri into more places, open Siri up to 3rd-party devices, or is an expensive music player that happens to also be a voice assistant be as far as they go?
As invested as I now am in Alexa hardware, I’m willing to give Siri a shot. $350 for a HomePod in rooms I consider most important isn’t terrible... but to me it’s a non-starter without less premium options for other rooms. I want one voice assistant to rule my home.
I took advantage of holiday sales to replace the girlfriend’s pair of Dots and outfit every room of our homes with better Alexa-enabled speakers. Everyone in our households are listening to music more often and the sound experience is alright as each speaker is covering a smaller space, but more importantly, we’ve got everything Alexa offers, everywhere.
I’m curious to see what Apple’s ultimate strategy is. Will they push into lower-end products to get Siri into more places, open Siri up to 3rd-party devices, or is an expensive music player that happens to also be a voice assistant be as far as they go?
As invested as I now am in Alexa hardware, I’m willing to give Siri a shot. $350 for a HomePod in rooms I consider most important isn’t terrible... but to me it’s a non-starter without less premium options for other rooms. I want one voice assistant to rule my home.