scapal

mpantone said:

scapal said:

No mention of the HomePods lineup at all.
That’s the first place where a Siri update is needed.

I guess it reads as: too embarrassed to even acknowledge their existence in this context, be ready to dump them all to buy a next gen next year.

Apple's WWDC general keynotes are only about 90 minutes long. They don't have time to cover every single feature for every single product in a high-level marketing presentation. You'll have to refer to the Platform Keynote or the various HomePod technical sessions through this week's WWDC.

That said, the general keynote indicated that Siri's new AI capabilities required an A17 SoC (or later) or any of the M-series SoCs. Devices with less capable SoCs (Apple TV, Apple Watch, HomePod) don't appear to be candidates for Siri's new functionality. Those devices will continue to work as they have.

Remember that this includes all iPhones prior to the iPhone 15 generation.

The Siri & Apple Intelligence engineers probably have a good idea of what sort of processing power is required for a satisfactory user experience. It's not like they don't have access to these devices for extensive testing in their labs.

But Apple does have a long standing practice of limiting functionality to new(er) hardware. But for sure, the next generation HomePod isn't going to have an M4 Pro inside. If Apple wants to bring improved Siri functionality to these lower-specced devices, they will need to find a way to bring the processing requirements down in future LLMs or find some way to offload processing to a nearby paired Mac or iPhone.

But for sure, HomePod is far down the hierarchy of Apple product families. They will focus on getting new Siri functionality on the Apple Watch before they look at Apple TV settop boxes or the HomePod.

wizard69 said:

headfull0wine said:

iGlass maybe?

How about Apple Super Symmetric - Glass