Apple Joins Smart-Speaker Race With Music-Focused 'HomePod'

Apple executive Phil Schiller introduces the HomePod speaker at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. Apple executive Phil Schiller introduces the HomePod speaker at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. And then there were three. Apple has finally unveiled its answer to Amazon's and Google's smart speakers slash digital assistants -- and it's called HomePod. This has been one major area in consumer electronics lacking Apple's footprint.