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  New research shows Apple is investigating how HomePod, or other devices, can use audio to estimate the distance to a speaking user, and also to identify the sounds around it. Apples HomePod is already very good at hearing your voice, even when it is playing music loudly. Two separate new patent applications show that Apple wants to improve this, and to take the ability for devices to listen, to a new level. One of them, "Learning-Based Distance Estimation," is concerned with using audio not ...

Future HomePods could learn about their surroundings by listening, and asking users Apples HomePod is already very good at hearing your voice, even when it is playing music loudly. Two separate new patent applications show that Apple wants to improve this, and to take the ability for devices to listen, to a new level. One of them, "Learning-Based Distance Estimation," is concerned with using audio not just to recognize a user, but to figure out where they are. "It is often desirable for the de...