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APPLE HOMEPOD

Apple may have arrived late to the wireless speaker party, but it has been the life and soul since it arrived. Despite some limitations, the Apple HomePod is the best-sounding smart speaker available. When combined with Siri’s reinvention as your personal DJ/musical guru, it makes for an entertaining all-in-one system, especially if you’re already deep in the Apple ecosystem.

The HomePod looks classy, though a bit smaller and heavier than you might imagine. It is subtly styled, particularly in the Space Grey finish of our review sample, and designed to blend into

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