Apple's smart speaker was expected for this Christmas next to new iMac Pro. However, a few weeks ago Apple commented that delayed its launch at the beginning of next year 2018. And it is that the wait for this new team - and sector for Apple - is being asked.
Some of the Cupertino employees are known to be testing the loudspeaker at home. And these have received new firmware with which to update their units. The update is not available through the traditional beta route for developers, so only your testers will be able to download.
Recall that the launch of these HomePod firmwares at the beginning of this year gave many clues about the design of the current iPhone X as well as the new star feature of Apple's black leg: Face ID; Some rumors bet that after the launch of the first version of the smart speaker, a second version with this facial recognition system would be bet on.
However, months later Apple launched -in October- a new firmware for the HomePod until today in which it is added along with the new Apple Watch and Apple TV public betas. No new equipment is expected to be discovered - the year is already settled for Cupertino and with a view to 2018. Now yeah that it could be interesting to know new functions of this smart speaker based on the virtual assistant Siri.
It is true that the delay caught many users off guard. Now, we cannot agree more with Phil Schiller that better to have delayed the HomePod launch than to launch a buggy product and start receiving new criticism. The most famous current example is that of iOS 11 with old equipment and its beastly drop in performance in terms of autonomy.
