Apple’s Smart Home Devices Delayed So Long They’re Basically Tomorrow’s Antiques
KEY POINTS
- •Apple’s rumored HomePod with a screen was planned for 2025 but got postponed multiple times this spring and now to fall.
- •Leaker Kosutami and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported the delay, linking it to the unfinished AI update for Siri.
- •The robot arm-equipped HomePod variant is ambitiously delayed until 2027 while customers eagerly await Apple’s recurring promises.
Apple's legendary immortality in delay continues as the HomePod with a screen, initially promised in 2025, played a near-mythical game of hide-and-seek through ’this spring’ and now falls into the mystical category of ’next fall.’ Renowned leaker Kosutami posted this saga on X last week, while Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman tuned in, confirming its launch is tethered tightly to a chatbot-style AI Siri update that’s fashionably late, aiming for arrival later this year. Meanwhile, the robotic arm-equipped cousin (yes, an actual robot arm) ambitiously targets a 2027 launch—because why rush perfection when you can keep customers guessing? Waiting indefinitely for Siri's AI front makeover has become the new marketing feature, apparently.
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(1 of 3)Apple’s HomePod with a screen delayed so many times it might launch as an antique; at this pace, 2027’s robot arm will be vintage nostalgia before it hits shelves.
Nothing screams innovation like a product so delayed it becomes retro before release. The robot arm HomePod is basically a collector’s future artifact.
Apple’s secret new feature: batch production delays that create suspense but no actual gadgets. Siri’s AI overhaul: more suspense thriller than software.
Source: Theverge | Published: 3/9/2026 | Author: Richard Lawler
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