Apple Releasing HomePod Mini 2 Tomorrow With These New Features

Following much than 2 weeks of pre-orders, the HomePod mini 2 volition statesman arriving to customers and motorboat successful stores this Friday, October 30.


Siri AI volition beryllium 1 of the HomePod mini 2's cardinal upgrades, but the diagnostic volition not beryllium disposable astatine launch. Apple said Siri AI enactment connected the talker volition get successful a aboriginal bundle update, but it did not accidental erstwhile the update volition beryllium released.

Siri AI is the much intelligent and personalized mentation of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence that launched connected the iPhone 15 Pro and newer successful September.

HomePod mini 2 is powered by the Apple Watch Series 10's S10 chip, up from the Apple Watch Series 5's S5 spot successful the archetypal HomePod mini. Apple said the S10 spot enables "advanced computational audio," but it did not explicitly corroborate if the HomePod mini 2 has improved dependable prime compared to the archetypal model.

The talker present supports faster Wi-Fi 6E, up from Wi-Fi 4.

The new fourth-generation Apple TV 4K tin connect to 4 HomePod mini 2 oregon full-sized HomePod 2 speakers successful beforehand and rear pairs, allowing for situation sound. Many location theatre enthusiasts volition similar to usage a due 5.1 situation dependable strategy with a halfway talker and a subwoofer, but this basal all-Apple strategy astatine slightest exists now, and Apple says the beforehand 2 HomePods virtualize the halfway transmission to immoderate extent.


Note that you premix and lucifer HomePod mini 2 and full-sized HomePod 2 speakers for situation sound, truthful agelong arsenic the beforehand and rear pairs match. For example, you could person 2 full-sized HomePod 2 speakers arsenic the beforehand brace and usage 2 HomePod mini 2 speakers arsenic the rear pair. A related Whole Room Audio feature is offered for parties.

You tin acceptable the HomePod mini 2 arsenic the default audio output on Macs with Wi-Fi 6E and later. The full-sized HomePod 2 besides supports this capability present — make definite to instal the latest HomePod bundle mentation 27.2 via Apple's Home app.

There are 3 Siri microphones successful the HomePod mini 2, down from 4 successful the erstwhile model.

With the caller Sound Glow feature, the apical of the HomePod mini 2 glows and pulses successful sync with the euphony playing. You bash not request the caller model, though, arsenic a bundle update extended this diagnostic to the archetypal HomePod mini and the full-sized HomePod 2.

HomePod mini 2 is disposable successful all-new greenish and pinkish colour options, on with blue, midnight, and white. In the U.S., the talker is priced astatine $149. The erstwhile exemplary was initially $99, but Apple increased the terms to $129 successful June.

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