Instant Alert: Early reviews are in for Apple's new $350 Alexa competitor, the HomePod — and it's getting destroyed

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Early reviews are in for Apple's new $350 Alexa competitor, the HomePod — and it's getting destroyed by Kif Leswing on Feb 6, 2018, 9:38 AM Advertisement Apple's smart speaker, HomePod, goes on sale on Friday.  Early reviewers liked its sound quality, but criticized its Siri features and its incompatibility with Android and Spotify.  The HomePod is significantly more expensive than competing products from Amazon and Google.  People who pre-ordered Apple's smart speaker, HomePod, will receive them on Friday. If you're still on the fence, the early reviews might not convince you to buy the $350 iPhone speaker. Early reviewers focused on high-quality sound, impressive bass, incomplete Siri integration, and overall incompatibility with Spotify and Android phones in a series of reviews published on Tuesday. Here's what the critics are saying about Apple's newest product:    SEE ALSO: Early HomePod buyers are Apple fanboys — and 92% male The New York Times' Brian Chen —"tough to recommend" The bottom line: "But Siri on HomePod is embarrassingly inadequate, even though that is the primary way you interact with it. Siri is sorely lacking in capabilities compared with Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant. Siri doesn’t even work as well on HomePod as it does on the iPhone." Read the full review here. Verge's Nilay Patel —"you're better served by other smart speakers" The bottom line: "You can’t ask Siri to look up a recipe. You can’t ask Siri to make a phone call. (You have to start the phone call on your phone and transfer it to the HomePod to use it as a just-okay speakerphone.) Siri also can’t compete with the huge array of Alexa skills, or Google Assistant’s ability to answer a vast variety of questions." Read the full review here. TechCrunch's Matthew Panzarino — "If you don't like Apple Music, don't buy a HomePod." The bottom line: But if you own an iPhone, an Apple Music subscription and at least one HomeKit device, then you are the target market for a fantastic sounding $349 speaker that works best with all of that stuff. Read the full review here. See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011