Homepod: Apple’s smart speaker has plenty of room to grow

Now that the Homepod’s out, it’s quickly becoming apparent that there’s a lot of room for Apple to improve it.

With the addition of the Homepod ( go.macworld. com/h0mp) to my arsenal of smart speakers, we’ve reached a dangerous tipping point in my household: there are roughly double the number of smart speakers as people.

The past couple weeks of living with the Homepod has given me a bit of time not only to see what the device has to offer right now, but has also helped me sketch out some ideas about where the future might be able to take it.

In many ways, the Homepod reminds me a lot of the Apple Watch. But whereas the chief criticism of the latter upon its