Taking on Amazon and Google turns out to be harder than Apple thought

With Amazon and Google accepting already appear acute speakers, the arena acreage ability accept been a bit too awash for Apple's liking.

Apple’s $350 HomePod was meant to be a exceptional acute apostle that would do action with the brand of Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home Max for your anniversary dollars. Unfortunately for the Cupertino-based outfit, that will not appear to accomplishment as it appear that the HomePod would be delayed until aboriginal 2018.

According to Apple’s statement, the aggregation needs a bit added time to bigger the HomePod:

Apple didn’t accommodate a acumen for the delay, but accumulate in apperception that this is the company’s aboriginal attack into the apple of acute speakers, so it apparently wants to accomplish as acceptable of a aboriginal consequence as possible.

It additionally doesn’t advice that, aback the HomePod’s actualization aback in June, the arena acreage has gotten somewhat crowded. Amazon, for example, apparent the Echo and Echo Plus, both of which are accessible for purchase. Google’s $399 Home Max, meanwhile, still appears in band for a December launch, with the aggregation currently affairs its approved Home and abate Home Mini acute speakers. We additionally shouldn’t balloon the offerings from third-party companies like Sonos, Sony, and JBL, aloof to name a few.

We can’t adjournment for bodies to acquaintance HomePod, Apple’s advance wireless apostle for the home, but we charge a little added time afore it’s accessible for our customers. We’ll alpha aircraft in the US, UK, and Australia in aboriginal 2018.

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