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REVIEW<br />

(and the quality and experience is very good). If you<br />

have a supported Apple TV, you can choose the<br />

HomePod as the audio output, again via AirPlay.<br />

What’s missing?<br />

The HomePod doesn’t have an aux in (or out) and<br />

there’s no Bluetooth. So it lacks the flexibility of some<br />

other smart speakers. While anyone in the household<br />

can ask Siri to play music, set a timer or do other tasks,<br />

they won’t be able to play music from, say, Spotify on<br />

their Android phone.<br />

There’s no voice recognition in the sense that Siri<br />

doesn’t know who’s making requests. Once you set<br />

up a HomePod, it pulls information from the Apple ID<br />

you used. Siri therefore knows contacts from only one<br />

account, making the ability to send text messages and<br />

Worldmags.net<br />

MAY 2018 • TECH ADVISOR 51

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