Apple HomePod will have 272x340 screen and 1 GB of RAM, according to firmware teardown

Apple's HomePod firmware was recently torn down by a number of people across the internet, leading to some further details on the iPhone 8. Lost in the sauce of all this was some interesting information about the HomePod itself. 

According to a firmware teardown by Twitter user Avery Magnotti, it seems the A8-toting device will also carry 1 GB of RAM, double that of the Google Home and quadruple the Amazon Echo. But if it's just a basic input/output device, what does it need that RAM for? It seems likely that this amount of RAM may aid in the expansion ...