Apple planned to release the HOMEPOD column with autonomous food, but abandoned this idea. It is reported by Bloomberg.
According to Columnist, Mark Gurman (Mark Gurman), in the American company were going to release audio colors with a built-in battery. The secret gadget was created by Apple engineers and could be released. However, the top managers of the corporation abandoned the idea of launching such a device.
Gourmet noted that with the advent of the autonomous smart speaker, Apple could have come to a new market for themselves. At the moment, in the stationary audio engineering segment, the company is represented only by the HOMEPOD mini compact speaker, which works exclusively from the network and when connecting to the Internet.
At the same time, until some time in the assortment of Apple’s online store there was a column with a built-in battery called Beats Pill +. The device was released in 2015, the device worked on one charge to 12 hours. However, at the beginning of 2022, the device was recognized as obsolete, and any mention of it disappeared from the company’s website.
In the summer, Apple listed the list of gadgets that theoretically can harm user health. The list includes iPhone smartphones, Mac computers, HOMEPOD smart speakers and other brand devices.