With the launch of its speaker
HomePod, Apple launched the marketing machine by lending copies to
several tech sites (but not only) and YouTubers so that they can
publish in previewtheir
impressionson the enclosure, but also by showing some of the
their facilities.
Apple gave several journalists a tourthe sound laboratory
used to create its enclosureHomePod, but also improve the sound
speakers on the latest iPhone and iPad Pro.
Apple's sound lab has several rooms, includinga
anechoic chamber, namely a particular part not causing
no echoesbecause the walls absorb sound waves.
This laboratory also includes another room intended to measure noise.
parasites emitted by the HomePod speaker, the objective of which is to
so that the speaker components do not emit any noise so as not to
disturb a user who is sleeping nearby.
Gary Geaves, head of audio design and engineering at
Apple, says that the Cupertino company has formed the largest team
audio and acoustics around the world.
An anechoic chamber is a tool regularly used for
development of audio products, but it is particularly interesting for
study the behavior of the omnidirectional sound offered by the speaker
HomePod.
For the voice assistant part, Apple collected data from hundreds
employees who have used HomePod at home, so the speaker can
recognize a voice command when streaming music.
It seems from the first feedback that the audio part of the HomePod is
excellent, on the other hand some journalists regret the lack of openness
from the speaker to third-party services and the few commands that can be used with
Siri.
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iPhone or iPad
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specific
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