Apple wants you to pay big for their smart speaker

As part of yesterday's WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) Google launched their foray into home connectivity with the HomePad called by Apple CEO Tim Cook, "breakthrough home speaker with amazing sound and incredible intelligence that will reinvent home audio." Don't overlook the last word, in his statement, despite the desire some will have to group HomePad with voice activatedAmazon Echo and Google Home, the product really belongs in a separate category, and here's why. The HomePod is a 7-inch tall smart speaker covered in a "seamless 3D mesh" fabric It contains a four-inch subwoofer According to Apple it " uses an advanced algorithm that continuously analyzes the music and dynamically tunes the low frequencies for smooth, distortion‑free sound." This includes "seven beamforming tweeters" that possess spatial awareness and direct the sound beams throughout the room. It automatically analyzes the acoustics, adjusting the sound based on the speaker's location, and steers the music in the optimal direction. According to Tim Cook: "Just like with portable music, we want to reinvent home music."