Well, I have to say I expected this to cost more.

I would want to hear what the sound is like but it seems like it could be a good replacement for my OG HomePods while adding some new features, even if the screen is minimally useful.

I am a bit sad that it seems like it isnt using anything the video apple put out about https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/elegnt-expressive...

I would love to see them open up an app store for this, or even if it is apps tied to your phone like the Apple Watch.

I wonder how well the multi-user stuff works? Are we going to have to authenticate to this thing many times a day?

Is this going to work like the Apple TV device? On that you have to pick a user when it starts but then when you open an app like Hulu, you have to pick a user there as well. Why doesn't the Apple TV tell Hulu what profile to use?

Worse, if you open Spotify it just starts with the last user that authenticated so I never know who's account I'm vandalizing as I listen to stuff and star songs as favorites.

Unless they've figured out the multi-user stuff, maybe it would be better to just create a famliy devices Apple ID and use that for shared devices?

Wait until you see the price of the accessories...

The entry ticket is cheap, then you'll probably pay to extend your system.