{image1} Apple’s HomePod smart speaker has garnered a lot of attention since its announcement last year. While some of this is simply a result of it being a new Apple product, it’s also fair to say that the company has set a fairly high bar for what we can expect from this speaker, which has piqued the curiosity of a lot of people. With HomePod, Apple has promised a breakthrough speaker that automatically adjusts to room conditions, combined…