Apple Inc. said Wednesday that it is going to sell for the first time its HomePod wireless¹ speaker to Chinese customers in early 2019.

 

苹果公司周三表示，将于2019年初向中国消费者出售HomePod无线音箱。
 

 

The announcement appeared in a banner added to Apple's Chinese language website on Wednesday, with a web page carrying detailed² information and technological³ features of one of Apple's major smart household products.

 

With the scheduled introduction of Homepod to China, Apple will become the first major U.S. smart speaker maker⁴ to tap into the world's largest Internet market, beating its homeland rivals, Amazon's Echo and Google Home.

 

HomePod is what Apple calls a breakthrough Internet-based speaker that relies on voice interaction to play music from Apple Music, perform tasks and do other daily jobs such as sending text messages to friends or making outgoing phone calls.

 

HomePod was originally launched in the United States, Britain and Australia in February 2018. Starting in June, customers could purchase HomePod in France, Germany and Canada, before the smart wireless speaker was made available in Mexico and Spain in late October.

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