Two things that I've found curious about the HomePod: 1. Apple does not seem to be positioning it against Google Home or Alexa, within the "Voice Assistant" ma

Two things that I've found curious about the HomePod: 1. Apple does not seem to be positioning it against Google Home or Alexa, within the "Voice Assistant" market, but instead against Sonos in the "Wireless Speaker system" market. It remains to be seen if customers will evaluate the HomePod in the same way. 2. I think the success of the HomePod will partially depend on the future of the "Voice Assistant" marketplace. If the current assistants are relatively mature, then HomePod is late to market and will probably need to rely on iPhone-integration cachet to become even a moderate success. The cause of this delay, however, makes me curious. My guesses are either 1) software delays, or 2) manufacturing delays.