Recently, some analysts said that about the next 4 to 6 weeks or so, we will usher in the official launch of the Apple Smart Speaker HomePod.And the latest news that HomePod has begun shipping the first shipments of about 1 million units.
According to Taiwanese media Taipei Times, people familiar with the matter said that Inventec, one of the maker of the Apple HomePod, has started shipping recently, but the first shipments are small at around 1 million units.
As for another generation of Apple HomePod business - Foxconn is currently no exact news.However, earlier news that 2018 Apple HomePod shipments of about 10 million to 12 million units, of which Inventec and Foxconn each responsible for 50 %.
According to another source, HomePod originally planned to be released in December 2017 was bouncing due to the integration of hardware and software.
Since the NVIDIA has already begun shipping, so I believe, not far from the listing of Apple HomePod.
It is worth mentioning that the competition faced by Apple's HomePod is very intense.According to the latest research conducted by National Public Radio and Edison Research Institute, there are already 16%, or 39 million Americans have intelligent speaker products , A 128% increase over the January 2017 statistics, with Amazon Echo holding 11%, Google Home 4% and the other 1%.
