Skip to main content

HomePod, Apple's new Smart Speaker.


Apple welcomes a new member of its family, Homepod, the wireless speaker. It is now available to order online from January 26 in the US, UK, and Australia. It is arriving at your nearest apple store on February 9, 2017.

Homepod will be primarily driven by Siri. The intelligent personal assistant has gained deep knowledge by understanding the music taste buds of users. With Siri, Homepod can even handle phone calls. It seems you can easily transfer phone calls from iPhone to Homepod using Handoff. Even you can send messages just using your voice. It does not end here. You can also set the timer, check news update, traffic and weather. HomePod will utilize the data from your iCloud account.

Homepod is also made sensible to various gestures for playback control. The top surface area of the 7 inches tall device will respond to touch, hold and tap gestures. Tapping the top surface will play or pause the audio track. On Triple tap, HomePod will play your previous audio. Whereas, on double tap, it will play the next track. You can touch and hold to get in contact with Siri.

The device is wrapped with mesh fabric like that of Google home. It has seven tweeter array around the base. This helps to evenly spread sound throughout the room. It provides directional sound control and also helps to restore richness of original sound quality. The high excursion woofer at the top surface area gives deep bass to the sound. The six-microphone array sits in the middle of the device. It helps to detect your voice anywhere in your room and connect it to Siri. Powered by Apple-designed A8 chip, it helps to detect the space around the device which helps to automatically adjust the audio.

HomePod works with Apple Music subscription. A new update will come up late this year with multi-room audio. If the HomePod is in your drawing room you can ask Siri to play a song in the dining room or you can opt for the same song at sync. Coming to privacy, it is no way behind. All the requests made are encrypted before it reaches Apple. Moreover, the data is also anonymized. With these privacy features and its built quality, it stands out amongst its competitors like Google and Amazon.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Nokia 3310 4G will be running on Android based operating System:YunOS

The old man Nokia 3310 with 2G support was launched on 26 February 2017 by HMD Global. Back from the dead, it revived itself with the 3G network after getting a lukewarm response from the first launch. Yet again, the reincarnated version failed to stand up amongst its competitors mainly because of its basic OS. But the old man never lost his hope. Something more effective and productive is on its way.   According to recent leaks, 3310 will be running Alibaba’s YunOS, an android based OS. It is smart platform switch by Nokia from Java-based Feature OS to YunOS. It is based on Google’s Android Open Source Project (AOSP). It is cloud-based and has high compatibility. A wide range of Internet of things (IoT) devices run on this android clone platform. This platform is actively utilized by more than 157 million devices in China. If all falls in correct place, HMD will witness its blockbuster hit by giving a home to this old brick. With the 4G network to come up, ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Jio Launches "Happy New Year 2018" plans.

Reliance Jio, a fresher in telecom domain has already created a stir in the digital ecosystem with its marketing strategies. Now it is all set to rule 2018 with a bang by launching two prepaid monthly plans. Rightly called "Happy New Year Plan". First one is Rs 199 for 28 days. This plan offers 1.2 Gb 4G data along with free call services per-day. The second one is of Rs 299 for 28 days. This plan offers 2Gb 4G data with free call services per day. The effective cost is less than Rs 6 per Gb. Apart from high-speed broadband services these plans come with other peripheral services of an unlimited voice call to any network, app services, and national roaming services for prime members. Jio eventually finalized a deal with BSNL to use intra-circle roaming facilities in national roaming mode. Reliance Communications, on the other hand, signed a deal of Rs 240 billion to sell its wireless assets to Reliance Jio Infocomm. The collaborations and marketing strategies of Jio are...
Post a Comment
Read more

Google Clips: Wireless Smart Camera

Let's talk about Google Clips, it's a $250 smart camera that uses Artificial Intelligence to detect and capture important moments in your life. Now if you are a parent or a pet owner, you're probably familiar with the frustration of trying to capture great candid's of your kid's or pet's activities. Maybe you're familiar with having a ton of photos and videos of your family members, but you're not any one of them because you're always the one behind the camera. Now Google things clips can solve that frustration by providing a camera that can do all of the shooting for you. The clip is a simple automatic point and shoot camera that's similar looking to a go pro, but it's considerably smaller. It has a fixed focus lens, with a 130-degree field of view, a single button, and a few LED but no display. It connects to an iPhone, Google Pixel, or Samsung Galaxy S7 or S8 through Bluetooth or WIFI direct, to download the images it captures and...
Post a Comment
Read more