El HomePod is taking center stage in the last days. we recently learned that received the FCC label and therefore, the certification to be able to sell internationally. This, in addition, revealed that the staging of Apple's smart speaker would be imminent (February, perhaps?).
However, with the release of the latest iOS beta (iOS 11.2.5), icons have been discovered that refer to HomePod, Siri and HomeKit. As indicated by a developer named Filipe Esposito, HomePod will have a lot of prominence in your smart home and new features would be added as soon as it is launched on the market.
Among the new improvements would be the option in which the user could "mute" or silence the Siri virtual assistant whenever I want. That is, the speaker would adapt depending on the scenes it is subjected to. In addition, it would be a way to preserve privacy whenever you want; that is, give the user maximum control in this regard. And we remember that the HomePod and Siri will always be active and listening to "learn" about our habits and thus better adapt to our day to day.
On the other hand, the developer also suggests other functionality. And in this case even more interesting than the previous one. HomePod could recognize different voices to execute voice commands. That is, HomePod is intended for the home where there will be different members in the family unit. This will give users a lot of play and it is something, unless it escapes us, that no smart speaker of the moment can carry out.
Finally, it was commented a few weeks ago that the first million HomePod units were coming to Apple, which set off alarms. Recall that it is expected to be available for purchase within one year of its announcement at the 2017 Developers Conference (back in June).
