Amazon Alexa And Google Home Top App Store Charts On Christmas Day Implies Smart Speakers Were Popular Holiday Gifts
The App Store charts always provide some interesting nuggets of information on Christmas Day and other big holidays as you can see the sudden influx of app downloads. Customers waiting for Apple’s entrance into the smart speaker space will have to wait a bit. The HomePod was originally planned to be out in December, but Apple announced that it was delaying the launch until early 2018. Mass market appeal for HomePod remains unclear as Apple is intentionally positioning it as a niche product, focusing on premium home audio....