Apple has new HomePod mini, full-sized HomePod, and Apple TV hardware ready to go — but the long-awaited Apple Intelligence-powered Siri remains the final bottleneck holding everything back. With HomePod mini stock rapidly disappearing from retail stores, a refreshed smart home lineup is expected later this year once the new Siri is ready.”
Jessica Martin, Mark Gurman, and Tim Stenovec for Bloomberg News:
A question: “When are new Apple TV and HomePod mini coming out? Is there a new full-sized HomePod in the works?”
Mark Gurman: New HomePod mini, yes. New Apple TV, yes. New full-sized HomePod, yes. Just a matter of time. They’ve wanted to get the Apple Intelligence and new Siri features working in those products before rolling out the new versions. They could have rolled them out last year, but it’s just about waiting for that, just like they’ve been waiting for the smart home display. It’s worth noting that Apple retail stores and what have you, they’re all running out of HomePod minis at this point, so it’ll be this year.
MacDailyNews Take: The decade-plus neglect of Siri under Tim Cook doesn’t just border on the criminal, it’s corporate malpractice against Apple’s own users and ecosystem.
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The Siri story in years to come with be viewed with bewilderment, for sure….
Siri is stressed and overwhelmed with all the training to walk and chew gum simultaneously.
Who & why would leadership refuse to retire this retard and start afresh with a fresh new ID as AAPL (attempts) to solidify into a new market?
Tim can you hire some competent people to deal with this instead of basking in others invention and glory
Clearly, it’s time for Tim to retire. Please help Apple, Apple customers and Apple investors; by retiring. In an involving ecosystem of AI, there is not reason a product pipeline should be delayed because of progressing software. Release hardware, and roll out software updates as needed. In fact, having the product in millions of consumers hands, will give you excellent analytics, to improve software at a faster trajectory.
I respectfully disagree with MDN. Siri is currently turned off on all of my devices, and that won’t change when they “fix” it. Artificial intelligence is not an important part of my lifestyle, and I plan to keep it that way.
Tim no innovation in April bu the to stuff and movies you’ve been concentrating on make the top listing yet again you’ve forgotten it’s a tech product company
Please leave. Resign go to Hollywood
Is any one on the Apple Board reading this
From Mac World
“Macworld reports that April will be a quiet month for new Mac hardware releases, with no major M5 Mac updates expected despite anticipation.
The M5 Mac mini may arrive soon due to low M4 stock, while other products like Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini await Siri improvements coming in OS 27.
Apple focuses on content instead, releasing new Apple TV+ shows including “Your Friends and Neighbors” season 2 and fresh Apple Arcade games like “Dredge+” this month.”
Excerpt From
“Are new Macs on the way? Here’s what Apple is releasing in April”
Jason Cross
Macworld
https://apple.news/AU6FojP34R0i2jnQyoTrwZw
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Tim Cook, Steve’s worst mistake.
I care more about high-res audio in an updated Apple TV than I do a “smarter” Siri. I’m quite capable of finding stuff to watch on my own. And I’m thrilled Apple has refrained from sinking hundreds of Billions in AI capital expenditure. Let others waste the money (though, full disclosure, some of the stocks I hold have suffered because they went that route).