Early reviews are in for Apple's new $350 Echo competitor, the HomePod - and it's getting destroyed

• Apple's smart speaker, HomePod, goes on sale on Friday.
• Early reviewers liked its sound quality, but criticized its Siri features and its incompatibility with Android and Spotify.
• The HomePod is significantly more expensive than competing products from Amazon and Google.

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People who pre-ordered Apple's smart speaker, HomePod, will receive them on Friday.

If you're still on the fence, the early reviews might not convince you to buy the $350 iPhone speaker.

Early reviewers focused on high-quality sound, impressive bass, incomplete Siri integration, and overall incompatibility with Spotify and Android phones in a series of reviews published on Tuesday.

Here's what the critics are saying about Apple's newest product: