Rumors of a diminutive or low-cost HomePod variant of sorts have been swirling pretty much ever since Apple’s rookie smart speaker effort was unveiled more than three years ago at the 2017 edition of the Worldwide Developers Conference. But with the virtual WWDC 2020 event focused entirely on software updates, we obviously didn’t get a new Amazon Echo and Google Home alternative today either.

Fortunately, Apple seems ready to properly embrace third-party music streaming services at long last, although unfortunately, there are no details on names, dates, or the execution itself just yet. In other words, we can’t be 100 percent certain the HomePod will be made to work natively with Spotify or Pandora anytime soon. After all, there are more “third-party music services” around than you can count on the fingers of both your hands.

Still, one thing is pretty much etched in stone. At some point in the not-so-distant future, HomePod owners will be able to directly ask Siri to play tunes from a different source than Apple Music, and no matter how the company goes about implementing this feature, that’s progress.