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# Apple Introduces “Breakthrough” HomePod Speaker Designed To “Reinvent Home Music”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/apple-introduces-breakthrough-homepod-speaker-to-reinvent-home-music/
- Published: 2017-06-05T15:33:55.000Z
- Updated: 2017-06-05T15:33:55.000Z
- Description: At today's WWDC conference, Apple introduced HomePod, a new line of Siri controlled audiophile smart speakers that deliver automatically adjusted spatially aware sound. Connected with Apple Music, HomePod also acts. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/06/apple-introduces-breakthro
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Google, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, Tech Stories, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![Apple-logo](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d289b6b1970c-200wi "Apple-logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d289b6b1970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)At today's WWDC conference, Apple introduced HomePod, a new line of Siri controlled audiophile smart speakers that deliver automatically adjusted spatially aware sound. Connected with Apple Music, HomePod also acts as a musicologist delivering personalized music selections. [![Apple HomePod](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8ff9332970b-400wi "Apple HomePod")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8ff9332970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)In addition to being a high quality music delivery system, Apple's HomePod functions as smart speaker that can also handle Siri functions and control Apple's HomeKit home automation system. Apple promised more functionality in the near future, as HomePod enters a competitive smart speaker marketplace led by Amazon and Google.Apple's HomePod will be priced at $349 when it becomes available in the Fall. Here is a gif of HomePod tweeted by VentureBeat:

> Apple introduces HomePod, the spatially aware smart speaker that aims to reinvent listening to music at home. [#WWDC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWDC?src=hash&ref=hypebot.com) [pic.twitter.com/sNaXqH3FQO](https://t.co/sNaXqH3FQO?ref=hypebot.com)  
>  
> — VentureBeat (@VentureBeat) [June 5, 2017](https://twitter.com/VentureBeat/status/871807224154398720?ref=hypebot.com)

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