There is no exact date for the launch of Apple's smart speaker and it is that after presenting it in the framework of the WWDC this past June, the company has just officially announced that it will be seen delayed to early 2018.
All this evidently without an exact date of beginning of the sales. It seems that the tests that some of the employees of the company of this HomePod are conducting in their homes may have shown some fault software or even hardware which causes these to be delayed.
This, which at first may seem like bad news for users who were waiting for its launch to buy this smart speaker, becomes worse news for Apple itself that will see how the competition gets not one, if not two or three steps per in front with its speakers and they even lose the Christmas sales campaign, to which it must be said that they were already somewhat fair before announcing the delay in its launch.
In any case, in the official statement there is no clarification on the new launch date beyond the beginning of 2018 and Nor are the reasons that led Apple to delay its staging are argued. The important thing in this regard is that they do not launch a product that may have flaws of some kind and it will also serve to see if Siri continues to learn more things to catch up with its rivals. This would be an important point for those who want to buy the smart speaker and it is that our Siri assistant needs a push.