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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