Apple HomePod quietly moves from iOS to tvOS after recent update

Apple's HomePod smart speaker didn't enjoy adoption at the rates of Amazon's Echo or Google Home, mainly due to lacking in functionality and an initial price of $349 (now $299), but it still offered one major thing the alternatives couldn't hold up to.

In our of the HomePod, we found its audio performance undeniably powerful, rich and sharp, crushing the competition in that department.

Now, it would appear that Apple's smart speaker has quietly been switched to running tvOS, from iOS. This was discovered by via analyzing the HomePod's latest available firmware.

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