Apple Smart Speaker HomePod time-to-market until early next year

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 18, Bloomberg Bloomberg, Apple said its next major new HomePod speaker hardware product will be postponed until early next year, missing an important holiday shopping season.

'We've been waiting for everyone to experience the Home Pod, which is Apple's groundbreaking wireless home speaker product, but we need a little more time to get it ready,' said Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller. The beginning of the United States, Britain and Australia began shipping.

Apple's HomePod, originally announced at the annual developer conference in June of this year, used Apple Music to stream audio and listen to voice commands through Siri to control smart appliances, when Apple said it planned to ship in December. Released in early 2018. CNBC earlier reported the news.

This is the second consecutive year in which Apple's major new audio product was postponed until last year, when AirPods wireless headsets went public from December until December.

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