Apple's J490 smart home display, internally called the HomePad, has slipped again. Originally targeted for 2025, then spring 2026, the device is now reportedly scheduled for a fall 2026 launch. Leaker Kosutami posted the delay on X, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman confirmed it.
The holdup is Siri. Apple is waiting on a chatbot-style AI overhaul before shipping the J490, and that update is running late. The robot-arm variant of the same product family has been pushed even further, now targeting 2027.
The interesting tension in the full piece is not the delay itself but what it reveals: Apple is willing to hold hardware hostage to software readiness, and Siri is the bottleneck across multiple product lines. Read it to understand how far behind Apple's AI timeline actually is.
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