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the home pod has a launch date Apple originally promised the Siri powered smart speaker would arrive in December but it's been delayed and now we'll land on February 9th in the US UK and Australia pre-orders begin this Friday January 26th and it goes for 349 dollars you see with a price like that you just need to take a moment to breathe it in even with Apple taking extra time to work out the kinks not every feature is coming at launch it will not ship with multi-room audio and stereo support so if you plan on buying more than one speaker it won't work between rooms until later this year whenever Apple pushes out a software update now apples got an interesting challenge first of all it is way late to the speaker assistant game with multiple Amazon echo and Google assistant products having a long head start not to mention they cost less the home pod was also not at CES a few weeks ago Amazon and Google speakers and assistants practically dominated the tech tradeshow integrated with so many various smart home products even showers and toilets so where does the home pod fit in Apple is saying this is for people who care about a high-quality music listening experience and it works with Siri it lets you send text messages with voice commands so of course that's a perk if you own other Apple products Apple also has a privacy advantage for consumers that care more about encryption and it's a valid concern when you have devices always listening to you in your home are you planning on pre-ordering the home pod right away sound off in the comments I'm Bridget Carey and I've seen it we're happy to deliver the latest tech news to you every day on any speaker you