Beyond Music: Comparing the HomePod to Amazon Echo and Google Home

Originally published at: https://tidbits.com/2018/03/15/beyond-music-comparing-the-homepod-to-amazon-echo-and-google-home/

Not every HomePod owner is a music addict, and even those who are will likely want their speakers to do other stuff. Julio Ojeda-Zapata has explored ways to tap the HomePod and Siri for information consumption, personal management, and other uses. For context, he compares the HomePod’s capabilities and Siri performance to equivalent features in competing Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers.