Earlier this week, Apple gave its Beats Pill+ speaker the OG HomePod treatment and changed its status from a “product that remains in our lineup” to finally discontinued. Finally, because there was never any real change to the Bluetooth speaker from 2015 unless you really like red. Meanwhile, Apple has conceded to market to competition that use Apple’s own wireless audio technology.
A hot start
Beats sold two sizes of Bluetooth speakers when Apple bought the hardware and streaming music business almost eight years ago. The iconic Beats Pill was by far the most popular, and who doesn’t love the Beats Dude speaker holder?