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Apple HomePad Faces Another Delay over Siri Struggles — but This Upgrade Could Be Worth the Wait
Apple delays its smart home hub to September 2026 due to Siri’s reliability issues, with the device ready but awaiting the AI assistant update, Bloomberg reports.
- Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reports Apple is postponing the smart home hub's debut until September 2026 because the new Siri is absent from the iOS 26.4 beta.
- Initially Apple planned a spring 2025 launch but pushed back the hub multiple times to spring 2026 due to accuracy and reliability issues with the revamped assistant.
- Finished hardware has sat ready for several months, featuring a 7-inch square display with wall attachment or half-domed speaker base, facial recognition, round app icons, and tvOS 27.
- The delay ties the device to iOS 27, meaning the revamped assistant's new capabilities will likely arrive then and stall Apple's smart home hub competing with Amazon Echo Show.
- Last week leaker Kosutami signalled a fall launch while Apple expects some assistant upgrades by iOS 26.5 possibly next month and will reveal iOS 27 at WWDC in June.
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Apple smart home display rumors now point to a fall launch with iOS 27
The rumored "HomePod with a screen" we've heard so much about was reportedly lined up for launch in 2025, and then this spring, and now, according to the latest updates, it's on the shelf until this fall. Leaker Kosutami posted as much on X last week, and today, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman followed up with similar information, saying its robot arm-equipped cousin is now planned for launch in 2027. According to Gurman, the J490 smart home disp…
Apple reportedly delays its planned smart display launch to fall
Mark Gurman at Bloomberg is back with the latest rumors about what's afoot with Apple's future plans, and how its ongoing difficulties with artificial intelligence seem to be creating further delays for its next wave of product launches. His sources say that Apple is expected to postpone the debut of its smart home display until later in 2026, likely September when it often introduces new gadgets. Although the hardware has reportedly been finish…
Apple's Smart Home Hub Won't Launch Until September as Siri Remains Unfinished
Apple is postponing the launch of its planned smart home hub until September 2026, reports Bloomberg. Apple has pushed back the debut of the home hub multiple times due to ongoing issues with the revamped version of Siri. The hub has a heavy AI focus and it is tied to the more intelligent Siri that Apple has in the works. Prior to realizing the Apple Intelligence version of Siri would not be ready until 2026, Apple planned to launch the home…
[Digital Daily Reporter Kim Moon-ki] The release of Apple's smart home hub display (codenamed J490), which Apple has been working on for years, has been postponed once again to the second half of this year. While the device itself was completed several months ago, the development delay of the new Siri, the core interface that will power it, has been identified as the decisive factor. According to major foreign media outlets such as Bloomberg on …
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