Apple Postpones Release of HomePod Speaker<br />“We can’t wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple’s breakthrough wireless speaker for the home,<br />but we need a little more time before it’s ready for our customers,” Apple said in a statement.<br />The company is already behind rivals like Amazon, which pioneered the market for speakers<br />that can be controlled with voice commands and artificial intelligence with the release of the original Echo in 2015.<br />SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is putting the brakes on the arrival this year of HomePod, its much-ballyhooed rival to Amazon’s Echo smart speaker.
