https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-homepod/apple-launches-homepod-voice-speaker-takes-on-google-amazon-idUSKBN1FC1SX >After missing the critical holiday shopping season, Apple Inc has jumped into the voice speaker wars with the HomePod smart speaker, a device that will use its Siri voice assistant and compete against offerings from Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.