HomePod, Apple's $349 wireless speaker powered by Siri and launching this December in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, has been spotted in the wild.
HomePod hardware spotted in China and California
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HomePod will use special audio tone for pairing
HomePod, Apple's wireless speaker scheduled to arrive this December, will support a new pairing method based on special audio tones generated by it and detected by a host iPhone.
Samsung confirms working on HomePod rival that’ll “provide a fruitful user experience”
Samsung yesterday publicly corroborated rumors that it has been working on an unnamed HomePod competitor that will likely use the company's Bixby personal assistant and provide “a fruitful user experience” at home with Samsung devices.
Here’s how you’ll configure your HomePod
Fresh details on HomePod's setup, unearthed yesterday from the newest iOS 11 developer beta by Brazilian outlet iHelp.br (Google Translate), show that the process of setting up Apple's upcoming wireless speaker won't differ much from configuring your AirPods or Apple TV via your iPhone, iPod or iPod touch with iOS 11.
Apple estimated to build only 500,000 HomePods for December launch
David Ho, president of Taiwanese contract manufacturer Inventec Appliances, suggested during an earnings conference today that a high-profile smart home device his company has received orders for would be faced with constrained launch supply in December.
iPhone 8 may suppress notification sounds if you’re looking at it
There will be more, a whole lot more to that sophisticated 3D sensor that should come outfitted on the OLED iPhone than originally thought, with a new discovery indicating that Apple's tenth anniversary phone might suppress notification sounds if you're looking at it.
4K-capable Apple TV with HDR10, Dolby Vision & Hybrid Log-Gamma formats may be in the works
According to some rather curious findings that iOS developer Guilherme Rambo recently unearthed from the leaked HomePod firmware, Apple's fifth-generation Apple TV set-top box with HDR 10, Dolby Vision and 4K resolution support is in the works.
Watch the UI animation where that famous iPhone 8 glyph is used
Internally code-named “D22”, the bezel-less form factor of Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 was revealed to the world thanks to developer Steve Troughton-Smith who was able to uncover a glyph for the device from the leaked HomePod firmware.
Pearl ID might accurately scan your face even when iPhone 8 is laid flat
The rumored facial recognition feature on iPhone 8, internally called Pearl ID, should be capable of scanning a user's face reliably even when the phone is laid on its back on a flat surface, according to evidence uncovered from the HomePod firmware by Brazilian outlet iHelp.
iPhone 8’s 3D facial scanner might be used to authenticate Apple Pay transactions
Earlier this week, iOS developer @r_idn uncovered evidence from the accidentally released HomePod firmware that Apple's iPhone 8 may permit users to authenticate Apple Pay transactions with a face scan instead of through a fingerprint.
iPhone 8’s front and rear cameras may bring silky smooth 4K video capture at 60FPS
iPhone 8 may become the first smartphone to provide its owners with the ability to capture video in 4K resolution at a silky smooth sixty frames per second via both front and rear cameras, as per code strings uncovered from the HomePod firmware by Brazilian outlet iHelp.
HomePod firmware hints at smart camera features coming to iPhone
iOS developer Guilherme Rambo has unearthed (from Apple's botched HomePod firmware release) curious references to some smart camera features that might be coming to iPhone 8.