“This is what we call a black lab,” he said ... we make a better door than a window. In one test chamber, an Apple employee sat on a rotating blue chair while holding an iPhone and resting ...

Led by Ruben Caballero, a senior engineer and antenna expert at Apple, the tour gave about 10 reporters and bloggers a peek at Apple's custom-built wireless testing lab, which consists of several ...

At the same time that reviews launched this morning for Apple's upcoming HomePod smart speaker, a few websites also shared a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the audio lab where Apple tested the device.

It’s not often that Apple provides a glimpse at the inner workings of its development labs. One notable exception was in early 2018, when the first HomePod launched and Apple provided a special ...

Apple’s labs include an echo-free chamber, and a separate chamber that measures unwanted noise from the HomePod itself. Apple wants the HomePod’s components to be silent when not playing ...

but to also to double-down on audio across all of Apple's products." For the HomePod, though, the company built a new anechoic test chamber, said to be one of the biggest in the U.S. and resting ...