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◈ APPLE ANNOUNCEMENT

HomePod gets a ship date, and Siri gets a job.

Apple set HomePod's arrival for February 9, 2018 in the US, UK and Australia, describing Siri tasks from Apple Music searches to HomeKit and some SiriKit apps.

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Apple said HomePod would go on sale February 9 with orders opening January 26 in the US, UK and Australia. The release listed Siri tasks such as messages, timers, podcasts, news, traffic and weather, detailed Apple Music searches and HomeKit control. Apple also said SiriKit would let some third-party messaging and note apps work by voice on the speaker. France and Germany were promised for the spring. This entry records an announcement, not independent testing.

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