HomePod mini
Apple’s smart speakers have been on the back burner for a while, and although we’ve heard that the company has been working on a HomePod mini, we haven’t heard too much about it lately, and in fact, it wasn’t until the news earlier this week that Apple has booted all other speakers out of its retail stores that it began to sound like Apple may be getting ready to finally unveil this lower-cost HomePod alternative as well.
While this also presents the possibility that Apple could choose to release a second-generation model of the larger HomePod as well, a more recent reliable leak suggests that this won’t be happening until next year. For now, it looks like Apple just wants to get the smaller and lower-cost smart speaker out onto the market, and probably has bigger plans for its flagship HomePod.