While the end meeting
year for the initially announced release hadbeen pushed back,
many cluesindicated a
launch closefor Apple's HiFi wireless speaker.
The suspense is now lifted and the apple company has just announced the
release date. This will be theFriday 9
FEBRUARY. But be careful, as expected, alonesome countries are
concerned, these are those of English language, the natural language of the
American company.
The speaker, which uses voice recognition via Siri, will be sold to
US, UK and Australia first. Orders start for
these countries from this Friday.
Apple also indicated that theFrance and Germany
would follow with a release announced for "spring".
Recently, we learnedthat one
million speakers would already be produced, while the authority of
certification US agiven the green light
last week.
We are also expecting this week thesortie d’iOS
11.2.5, which contains the resources necessary for its use and
settings from an iPhone.
This speaker which is launching into a market already
heavily used by Amazon and Google products, differentiates
parand
musical aspect announced as quality. It is sold at a price of 349
dollars andpresented here on the site
d’Apple US.
The top is tactile and allows you to control its operation via different
presses (and it also responds to voice via Siri):
It can read messages aloud and be used for
telephone conversation, without being able to call directly
(you must initiate the call via the iPhone then transfer the conversation). She is
also connected to HomeKit home automation products, and will therefore be able to turn on,
extend the connected lamps, or even announce the temperature of the home by
example.
Later in the year, an update will manage the presence of
several speakers within the same home (multi-room), also with the
Stereo support when two HomePods are present in the same room.
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