http://www.techradar.com/news/homepod-shipments-could-be-arriving-as-early-as-february

It's all been a little quiet on the HomePod front since Apple abruptly announced that its new smart speaker wouldn't be arriving in December 2017 as it had previously announced. 

But now new information from one of Apple's HomePod suppliers, Inventec, suggests that shipments of the speaker could start as early as February.