id="cnetReview" section="rvwBody" data-component="indepthReview"> Apple's $349 (£319, AU$499) Siri-powered HomePod smart speaker produces awesome sound across a broad range of genres, making it stand out, particularly compared to the $199 Sonos one plus 6T antutu score, Google's $399 Home Max and Amazon's next-gen $100 Echo. Its crazy-fast setup and excellent long-range Siri microphones also make it appealing. Offering multiroom audio and huawei y9 2018 antutu benchmarking honor 20i antutu score stereo pairing, courtesy of AirPlay 2, galaxy a40 antutu score a40s antutu score helps the HomePod compete with Alexa and Google Assistant speakers.

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But it isn't all good news. 

Siri still has a lot of maturing to do before it can compete with Alexa or Google Assistant. Buying a HomePod also means you're signing up for galaxy a10 antutu score a40 antutu score a speaker that's built with the Apple Music streaming service in mind. You can't play Spotify and other third-party music services straight from the HomePod via a Siri command. Instead, you have to send that audio to your Apple speaker from the corresponding mobile app. 

You really need to be OK with these limitations to justify buying a HomePod today, unless you don't care about anything but its stellar sound quality. Everyone else should wait to see what Apple will add to this promising speaker in the months ahead.

You'll want to update your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to iOS 12.0 to make sure your HomePod has the latest software.