{"id":53053,"date":"2017-11-18T05:03:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T05:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53053"},"modified":"2017-11-18T05:04:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T05:04:56","slug":"apple-pushes-back-release-of-homepod-speaker-to-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/gadgets\/apple-pushes-back-release-of-homepod-speaker-to-2018.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple pushes back release of HomePod speaker to 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Apple pushes back release of HomePod speaker to 2018<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Apple pushes back release of HomePod speaker to 2018:- Apple&#8217;s HomePod connected speaker, unveiled in June, won&#8217;t be available until early 2018, according to the company<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Apple said Friday it was delaying until early next year the release of its HomePod speaker set to compete with Amazon\u2019s Alexa-powered devices and Google Home as a smart home and music hub.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The delay means Apple will miss the key holiday shopping season in the fast-growing segment of connected speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe can\u2019t wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple\u2019s breakthrough wireless speaker for the home, but we need a little more time before it\u2019s ready for our customers,\u201d Apple said in an emailed statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe\u2019ll start shipping in the US, UK and Australia in early 2018.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Apple announced the device at its developer conference in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Powered by Apple\u2019s Siri digital assistant, HomePod is priced starting at $349, at the high end of the market, and is designed with high-quality audio to pair with the Apple Music subscription service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">But Apple is late to a marketplace dominated by Amazon and Google, with a handful of other players entering the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">While Amazon and Google have released no specific sales figures, a survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners showed Amazon Echo having an installed base of 20 million units in the United States, or 73 percent of the market, at the end of the third quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Google Home had sold seven million devices, grabbing a 27 percent market share.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Apple&#8217;s HomePod connected speaker, unveiled in June, won&#8217;t be available until early 2018, according to the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 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