El stir caused by the announcement of a possible decline in revenue in the current fiscal quarter from Apple raised the alarm bells. Although too many, I would say. After Apple, some companies announced possible declines in revenue due to the slowdown of the market in China, especially.
A few days after the announcement, Tim Cook's company announced that the HomePod, Apple's smart speaker, will arrive in China and Hong Kong on Friday, January 18. In its extensive press release, the Big Apple tries to make a nod to all the involvement of Apple Music in Chinese music society.
The HomePod arrives in China on January 18
The HomePod will be available starting Friday, January 18, in the mainland China and Hong Kong markets in white and space gray. HomePod is available in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, and Spain. El HomePod is compatible with iPhone 5s or later, iPad Pro, iPad Air or later, iPad mini 2 or later, or iPod touch (6th generation).
It's official now. People in China and Hong Kong will be able to purchase the apple smart speaker in two colors: white and space gray from January 18, the next Friday. All of this starting next Friday. Remember that the HomePod is expanding little by little. A few months ago it arrived in Spain and since then, it has been expanding little by little throughout Europe.
In the Press release Apple, have highlighted all the wonders of the HomePod from the integration with AirPlay 2 to the possibility of integrating different speakers to obtain a better quality of all its sound engineering that it carries inside. They have also highlighted their six microphones Siri works perfectly with Apple Music.
Since its launch in 2015, Apple Music has featured hot new artist releases from across Asia, with music spanning a wide variety of genres and languages. New artists from mainland China include Corsak, Chace, Lucie Cheung, Gong, Dean Ting, and Lu Xianghui. Popular playlists include The A-List International Pop, Today's Hits, Best of the Week, The A-List Mandopop, and Mandopop Replay, containing recent Mandopop hits from the last five years.
Starting from the idea of Apple Music, They also wanted to make a nod to Chinese society, emphasizing that throughout its history, the streaming music service of the Big Apple has promoted some chinese artists to make his music known to the whole world.