Apple TV 4K Rumored to Support Four HomePods for Surround Sound

Last month, a proven leaker revealed that Apple has tested the quality to link 4 HomePods to an Apple TV 4K for situation sound, with the HomePods intended to beryllium arranged successful front-left, front-right, rear-left, and rear-right positions. Now further grounds of this functionality has surfaced up of an announcement from Apple.


First, the aforesaid leaker known arsenic "pdfu" has uncovered further code related to a four-HomePod situation dependable strategy successful the latest beta of audioOS, which is Apple's interior sanction for the HomePod's operating system. For example, connected the 3rd audioOS 27.2 beta, helium said that "Siri tin lucifer a talker to its situation system."

Second, MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris discovered that the 3rd beta of macOS 27.2 contains 2 caller SF Symbols depicting a radical of 4 speakers successful a room. While the HomePod is not mentioned successful the names of the symbols, 1 of them appears to amusement a basal top-down presumption of HomePods, and the different mentions that the 4 speakers are portion of a location theatre setup. The timing of these symbols being added by Apple suggests they could beryllium related to the rumored four-HomePod situation dependable functionality.


Apple plans to unveil caller HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K models on Tuesday, October 13, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, portion helium said that the full-sized HomePod volition beryllium updated "eventually." However, it is unclear if this surround-sound functionality volition necessitate caller HomePods. The leaker "pdfu" antecedently said that Apple tested 2 antithetic setups, including 4 second-generation HomePods, and 2 second-generation HomePods successful beforehand positions paired with 2 unreleased speakers successful rear positions.

It is besides unclear if immoderate existing Apple TV 4K models volition enactment 4 HomePods, oregon if the functionality volition beryllium constricted to the upcoming model.

Currently, you tin acceptable 2 HomePod oregon HomePod mini speakers arsenic the default audio output connected each Apple TV 4K models for stereo sound.

With caller HomePod and Apple TV models connected the horizon, and each of the mounting grounds crossed Apple's bundle codification and symbols, it seems apt that Apple volition unveil this caller functionality reasonably soon, barring immoderate last-minute issues.
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