Yesterday Apple unveiled HomePod, a home speaker system that plays music and takes commands. The cylindrical, motor-driven device comes in white and space gray and will retail for $349 when it hits stores in December.
But Twitter isn’t convinced the invention is entirely original.
Homepod or toilet paper? #wwdc2017 pic.twitter.com/46M1dgdSPg
— MCHammerheadCorvette (@zblockariah) June 5, 2017
HomePod is going to be the most expensive scratching post my cat has ever had.
— Jessie Char (@jessiechar) June 5, 2017
Wow, the #HomePod comes in so many colours! #wwdc2017 pic.twitter.com/Bf4slYNlEC
— Michael G://ett (@MichaelGillett) June 5, 2017
Am I the only one who thinks the new HomePod looks like a 2013 Mac Pro shoved into a fishnet stocking??? #wwdc2017 #HomePod pic.twitter.com/SIjNeZQhS1
— sarah (@sarahbeeknits) June 5, 2017
please do NOT eat the homepod it is NOT an electric marshmallow try ordering from dennys instead none of our food is robots spying on you
— Denny's (@DennysDiner) June 5, 2017
Going to install a HomePod in every room of my house. #OneMoreThing pic.twitter.com/16Vv6zndvR
— not Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody) June 6, 2017
HomePod 1996 pic.twitter.com/DKyO8Xc5Eg
— Chris Fralic (@chrisfralic) June 6, 2017
Got my #homepod pic.twitter.com/UyAm77q6Vj
— Nick (@njones_22) June 5, 2017
Not gonna lie, we see the resemblance too.
Other skeptics used this occasion to poke fun at the proliferation of Apple-ness in our everyday lives.
Me at home: "Hey, Siri..."
— alex medina (@mrmedina) June 5, 2017
*all at once*
iPhone: HOW CAN I HELP YOU
iPad: YES?
MacBook: HI THERE
HomePod: IM LISTENING
AppleTV: IM HERE
Apple has HomePod (house) and AirPods (ear) next: WhalePod (ocean) and PeaPod (Garden) IOT devices.
— Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) June 6, 2017
*to HomePod*
— Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) June 5, 2017
“Hey Siri, what’s the weather?”
*responds in hi-fi*
“Here’s what I found on the web for hey Siri, what’s the weather.”
Siri-ously, they have a point.
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