Here’s a thought experiment for you: when is a HomePod not a HomePod? When it’s the HomePod.
That logic doesn’t seem like it should work but the Macalope just ran it through the Logic-ometer 2000™ and the green light lit up, so…
No one understands the workings of the Logic-meter 2000™, but the results cannot be questioned. Gary questioned them and look what happened to him.
Apple has confirmed that the HomePod proper—the big HomePod, the original HomePod, the HomePod Large—has been discontinued. While you can still buy one from Apple while supplies last, the only HomePod the company currently makes is the HomePod mini.