Apple's making an Amazon Echo competitor called 'HomePod'

Apple is making a competitor to Amazon's Echo speaker, and it features a familiar voice: Siri. Apple's new device is called HomePod, and it marries Apple's Siri digital assistant to a home speaker.

Here it is:

The device was announced on stage during Apple's annual WWDC developer event in San Jose, California, and it arrives "later this year" according to Apple. HomePod is seven inches tall, and is intended as a "breakthrough" speaker in addition to being a personal assistant.

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