The new HomePod hits stores this Friday, February 3. It looks like, but doesn’t quite sound like, the original and its launch price is $299, which is cheaper than the first one was when it first ...

When Apple debuted the HomePod in 2018, it was already late to the smart speaker game. Sure, the company has never been worried about tardiness, choosing instead to focus on being the best.

Following Apple's reintroduction of the full-size HomePod earlier this year, how does the new model compare to the divisive original model that the company introduced in 2017 and discontinued in 2021?

Anyone looking for a top-rated smart home speaker has plenty of options to choose from. Apple's flagship offering is the second-generation HomePod, which debuted in 2023. Like all Apple products, it ...

What's old is new again as Apple's original HomePod has returned with revamped internals and big sound — but an unchanged high price. The HomePod launched as a product without an actual home. It was ...

One of the most interesting feature of iOS 17 is StandBy mode, a widget-based landscape display intended primarily for nightstand use. This has definite, uh, echoes of Amazon’s Echo Show, and it’s ...

Apple’s second-generation HomePod is a bit of redemption — and a bit of déjà vu. It’s not all that different from the first so-called “full-sized” HomePod that was released in 2018 and then ...

Sanuj Bhatia, the managing editor at Pocketnow, is responsible for supervising and contributing to all the content published on the website, including news, reviews, features, and how-tos. He began ...

With the launch of iOS 26 and HomePod Software 26, Apple is adding support for Crossfade, an Apple Music feature that improves transitions between songs. Beta testers who have the second ‌HomePod‌ ...