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Apple’ssmartspeakerismuchmoreimpressivethanit wasat
launch. Leif Johnson reports
T
he HomePod is enjoying a resurgence now that
Apple has cut the price by £40, and I suspect a
lot of you are wondering what you can do with
Apple’s essentially buttonless smart speaker. Let’s
get this out of the way: no, it still doesn’t do as many
things as your average Alexa-powered speaker. It can,
however,doa lotmorethanit coulddoatlaunch
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