Aside from announcing HomePod's February 9 availability, Apple's now updated the official webpage for its $349 Siri-driven wireless speaker with some previously unknown tidbits.
In addition to launching on Friday, February 9 in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, HomePod is scheduled to arrive in France and Germany this spring.
In announcing this morning that HomePod will be available to order online on Friday ahead of its scheduled February 9 launch, Apple has said that its $349 wireless speaker won't support multi-room audio at launch.
Apple announced via a press release on Tuesday that HomePod, its Siri-powered wireless speaker for the connected home, is officially arriving in stores on Friday, February 9, with orders available from this coming Friday, January 26.
Now that HomePod has finally received a much-needed approval from the Federal Communications Commission, and given iOS impending 11.2.5's launch later this week, first screenshots of the setup process for the wireless speaker have begun trickling out.
HomePod, the upcoming Siri-driven smart speaker for the connected home, has received regulatory approval from the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
HomePod, Apple's upcoming $349 wireless speaker powered by Siri, may support multiple user accounts and allow users to create custom HomeKit scenes that temporarily disable the hands-free “Hey Siri” feature in certain situations.
Apple's manufacturing partner Inventec has begun shipping the long-awaited HomePod wireless speaker after the accessory missed its original December 2017 launch date.
Samsung's smart home speaker is in the works and should release during the first half of 2018.
Unveiled in October, Google announced Monday that its Home Max wireless speaker with built-in Assistant is now available in the US from electronics retailer Best Buy, carrier Verizon., retailer Walmart and Google's own webstore.
A side-project by Mac audio engineers, Apple's delayed HomePod speaker was originally 3 feet high and had a mesh screen on the front, as per Bloomberg's Mark Gurman on Tuesday.
HomePod's unexpected delay is expected to help contract manufacturer Foxconn, which is now said to be joining the supply chain in order to help assemble Apple’s Siri-powered smart speaker for 2018.