Apple introduced its first Siri-powered smart speaker HomePod at WWDC 2017 back in June last year. At that time the company said that it will ship the device starting in December in Australia, the UK and the US, later it was pushed to early 2018. Today the company confirmed that the smart speaker will be available in these countries from February 9th with pre-orders starting from this Friday, January 26th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x24E8bm5Rc The 7-inch tall Homepod adapts to wherever it's playing and is controlled through natural voice interaction with Siri like playing music, checking the news and controlling other connected devices in the home. It uses spatial awareness to sense its location in a room and automatically adjust the audio. It has six microphones that enables easier interactions. It can learn preferences and also handle advanced searches within the music library. It is powered by A8 chip and Apple says all the instructions to the the speaker are recognized locally on the device and they are encrypted. It features a large, Apple-designed woofer for deep, clean bass, a custom array of seven beam-forming tweeters. HomePod comes in white and space gray in the US, UK and Australia and will be available for order from apple.com and the Apple Store app for $349 (Rs. 22,260 ... 
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