It has been months of anticipation and I still haven't received much news about the company's home assistant which would be competing Alexa and not-so-popular Google Home. But there are things which make me wait a little more for it.
All devices that use communications technology like WiFi and Bluetooth must be approved by FCC. And from what I found in MacRumors the Apple HomePod will launch in the near future.
The FCC approval suggests that Apple might meet its updated "Early 2018" HomePod release date for customers in the US, Australia and UK.
HomePod supplier Inventec is expecting revenue from the HomePod to be "limited" during Q1 2018 due to a low quantity of HomePod devices available for shipment.