In a year where Amazon and Google have both gone away from smart speakers that have a 360-degree design, Apple has stuck to it with the HomePod mini. Why?

Apple’s smart speakers, the HomePod and the HomePod mini, are different from most other smart speakers in 2020. That’s because they’re one of the few true 360-degree smart speakers left.
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