The HomePod has a lot of legwork to do before it can dominate the smart speaker market, but one way to help with that is to get the device into as many countries as possible.
One area where the HomePod is missing is Italy, but that could be changing soon. As was reported on Friday by the Italian blog iSpazio, it turns out that Apple employees have been testing the HomePod with support for Italian. While that’s not necessarily a confirmation of anything by itself, considering that the HomePod needs to support a region’s dialect before it can successfully launch there, this could be a clear sign of the smart speaker’s impending launch.
What’s more, the publication states that Apple will be making an announcement regarding the HomePod’s arrival in Italy as early as Tuesday, October 30. For those keeping track, that’s the day that Apple will be hosting an event at the Howard Gilman Opera house in Brooklyn, New York. It’s expected that the lion’s share of attention at that event will be paid to the new iPad Pro and Mac models, but it’s certainly not impossible that an Apple executive also confirms the HomePod is heading to Italy.
The original report states that an announcement for the Italian launch of the HomePod will arrive next week, but the device will likely launch in that market sometime in November. If you’re in Italy and have been waiting for the HomePod, it may be time to start getting excited.
One final detail of new arrivals: The HomePod is now available in Spain and Mexico beginning today.
[via iSpazio]
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