Price aside, Apple's first HomePod is still bogged down by frustrating limitations.
One year later, the HomePod is getting an official price cut.Unfortunately for Apple, dropping the price of HomePod isn't going to solve its fundamental issues.Apple has updated the HomePod over the past year to let it work with your calendar, send messages, and even call people, but it's still bogged down by frustrating limitations:Spotify, Pandora, and Tidal will work, but you can't ask your HomePod to play any music over those services.
says you cannot set up HomePod with a Mac. And if you're using an Android device, you're simply out of luck.as rival smart assistants like Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa., which can cost as little as $50 . To be fair, the HomePod has better sound quality than its rivals' more affordable smart speakers, like the $100 Amazon Echo. But it doesn't quite compete with higher-end offerings,, especially since that speaker works with all Bluetooth devices, has an auxiliary port, and supports a litany of streaming services.
Apple built a beautiful-looking speaker with excellent sound, but not letting Siri work with other music services, and preventing people connect their devices directly, handicaps the HomePod right out of the gate.This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
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