https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/13/apple_homepod_teardown/

A teardown of Apple's HomePod, the company's answer to Amazon’s Echo and Google's Home devices, confirms suggestions that Cupertino was working on advanced audio technology before semi-sentient speakers took off.

The HomePod is considerably more expensive than its rivals, but buyers can console themselves that the money has been spent on quality materials and construction. The device proved harder to get into than Fort Knox, as a crew at iFixit discovered.