The production of the original Apple HomePod has stopped.

Apple can't say that their first HomePod was a success. Because of that Apple announced that they won't be making the HomePod any more, it is still available in some places, but it won't be long untill all of them are gone.

The device was very pricey at the launch with a price of $349 and didn't offer much for it.

The company made a couple of software changes that improved the device, but it was still not enough.

After some time the price was changed to $299 which looks a bit better, but still it was hard to find many people that would pay so much for a smart speaker.

The biggest advantage of HomePod was it sound quality that was really good, however forcing the owner to play music only from Apple music was a huge problem.

That is why last year Apple brought to the market an Apple HomePod mini.
The smaller version costs only $99 and has a decent sound quality for such a price.

We don't know if the smart speakers are a product that should stay with us, but there is no hurt in trying so we wish Apple all the best with their product.