Five things to know before you buy an Apple HomePod

Hey Siri, play "All About That Bass." Apologies to Meghan Trainor for my geeky remix of her ode to bottom notes. It sums up how I feel about the first talking speaker from the company that gave us the first talking artificial intelligence, Siri. No matter how much boom-boom Apple packed into the $350 HomePod, it can't make up for poor old Siri, which somehow became even more dopey. Inside this speaker, Siri can't even do all the things it stumbles through on an iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac.