Apple’s brand new Home product won’t launch until April or later, per Gurman – 9to5Mac
Apple is expected to launch its first new products of the year this week. But the launch I’m most excited about, the new ‘HomePad’ device, is going to require a longer wait than expected per a new Mark Gurman report.Last November, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg published an extensive deep dive into a forthcoming Apple Home product. I’ve been calling it the HomePad.At the time, he said Apple was targeting a March launch for the new device.Just last month, however, Gurman followed up by indicating the HomePad “may take longer” to arrive. Since some of its features are tied to forthcoming software updates, he wrote, “it’s plausible that the hardware itself will ship a bit later.“Ultimately, even though the March date was in doubt, Gurman still seemed optimistic that the HomePad could arrive sooner rather than later.As of this weekend, that sounds less certain. In Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter, he writes:Apple is no longer working on a car, and true AR glasses are probably three to five years away. Though Apple is pursuing smart home technology, its first major entry in that segment — a hub that can serve as a control center — is months away from shipping.The key tidbit is at the end. Apple’s HomePad “is months away from shipping.”This means two things:I’m more excited for the HomePad than perhaps any other Apple product launch this year. So I’m choosing to be optimistic and remember that “months away” could just mean two months, and an April launch.The HomePad should pair especially well with Apple’s iOS 18.4 debut of powerful new Apple Intelligence capabilities—particularly a more capable Siri.iOS 18.4 is coming in April, so a HomePad launch around then seems perfect. But we’ll have to wait and see what Apple has planned.Are you looking forward to the HomePad? When do you think it will launch? Let us know in the comments.FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news:Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.Manage push notifications
