While youve been able to jailbreak iPhones and iPads for years, the same couldnt be said for HomePods.
Yay, I guess?
As reported by9to5 Mac, Twitter user L1ngL1ngshared a screenshotlast week showing them accessing the HomePods OS.
Photo: Adam Clark Estes/Gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/siri-is-whats-really-holding-the-homepod-back-1845299688
So, uh, what would you do if you were to jailbreak a HomePod?
Free the HomePod from HomeKit as a smart home hub?
Or maybe you could also just tweak the touchpad interface if its not to your liking.
However, jailbreaking does come with risks.
Mainly, youll be shelling out for a pretty expensive speaker and voiding the warranty.
For $300 and all that hassle, you should probably just get a different smart speaker.
The $100Nest Audioand fourth-generationAmazon Echoboth offer better digital assistants and more widely supported smart home controls.
The main reason to buy a HomePod (or a HomePod Mini) is the Apple-ness of it.
If it’s possible for you to somehow stomach Siris incompetence, that is.
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