Latest Apple speaker news

Apple has announced that it is discontinuing the original HomePod. Here's why it failed, and what we could see replace it in the future.

Apple has discontinued the original HomePod, saying "we are focusing our efforts on HomePod mini". HomePod mini was launched last year and was general...

AirPlay is Apple's Wi-Fi audio streaming tech. But what exactly is AirPlay 2, what can it do?

So, you've got a new HomePod. Great! There is plenty more this smart speaker can do than play music though. Here are our tips and tricks.

Apple's Hi Speed event is set to reveal the iPhone 12 which has leaked, but we're also expecting an update to the HomePod range. The HomePod mini has

Apple is reported to have pulled rival audio products from its stores ahead of new launches from the company.We've long-expected a new HomePod 2 - or ...

Apple is testing HomePod's ability to support Spotify and other third-party music services. The software is being tested by a group of HomePod testers

Support for third-party music services like Spotify, Tidal and Deezer is coming to Apple's HomePod.

Ex-Apple designer Christopher Singer is looking to compete against his former company with a HomePod rivalling speaker system.

Apple's HomePod speaker has just got a whole lot smarter following a new software update that arrived with the release of iOS 13.2.

Is Apple Music about to come to Chromecast and Google Home? Some digging of code by 9to5Google suggests that might well be the case. Apple Music is al...

It looks like Apple's HomePod will soon be able to make and answer phone calls as well as enable you to retrieve your voicemails. The enhancement has

AirPlay, Apple's proprietary wireless streaming protocol, has received a major update in the form of AirPlay 2.For years, Apple has offered AirPlay so

Apple is still allegedly planning a cheaper version of its Siri-powered HomePod speaker and when it does launch, it may carry Beats branding, at least

The Apple HomePod has only been available for about a month, and it's currently only available in the UK, US and Australia, but that hasn't stopped th...

The Apple HomePod is now available to buy in the UK, US and Australia.  First announced at Apple's developer conference in June 2017, the new Siri-equ...

Six years ago, Apple decided it was going to get into the speaker business for a second time. The first attempt, the iPod Hi-Fi, launched in 2006 to m...

The Apple HomePod is now available to buy from John Lewis ahead of the in-store launch this Friday.If you buy one in advance you can collect it from a...

Just last week, analytics company GBH Insights said Apple's HomePod smart speaker would go on sale within the next four to six weeks. It seems the ind...

Apple's long-awaited HomePod smart speaker could finally be released within the next four to six weeks, according to industry analysts. The speaker wa...

Apple announced its own music system to rival Google Home, Amazon Echo and Sonos back in June, in the form of the HomePod speaker. And at the time cla...

Amazon is supposedly working on a Siri-powered speaker, and according to a new report, it's now in production.Apple plans to go after both Amazon Echo

Amazon Echo has been doing so well that not only Google wants to copy it but now Apple as well.Amazon recently admitted that it's having trouble keepi...

Apple seeing third-party manufacturers make huge sales from speakers systems for the iPod has waded in with its own version. “Apple is reinventing the