A new report confirms that Apple is planning the return of the speaker HomePod In a new version. Until about a year ago Apple still sold the HomePod speaker but stopped selling it due to lower-than-expected sales figures. Upon its launch it was sold at $ 349 And a year later its price was cut to $ 299 But lowering the price did not help sales either. Apple has stopped selling the HomePod and is focusing on sales HomePod Mini.
Now The report The arrival of a new speaker has resurfaced after already last year there were estimates for a new Apple speaker. The analyst Ming-Chi Kuo Estimates that Apple is working on a new speaker but it is not yet known what its size will be. The kit is talking about something that will move between the size of the large HomePod and the size of the mini and accordingly its price will be. Since Apple sold the HomePod for $ 299, it is probably estimated that the new speaker will cost less but more than the price of the mini, which currently stands at $ 99. Apple seems to have realized that a smart speaker at too high a price will have a hard time selling.
Despite the lack of clarity about the size of the new speaker, Kuo estimates that it will be announced in the last quarter of 2022 or early 2023. Kuo’s assessment joins the assessment of another analyst, Mark Gurman From Bloomberg when they both talk about the upcoming arrival of a new speaker from Apple.
Source: MacRumors