HomePod Mini 1 Will Also Support Siri AI Later This Year, Says CNET

Siri AI volition seemingly not beryllium constricted to the caller HomePod mini 2, with enactment besides coming to the first-generation HomePod mini successful a bundle update aboriginal this year, according to a study contiguous from CNET's Jeff Carlson.


"The HomePod Mini 2 besides gets a faster S10 processor, which should assistance with processing Siri AI requests," helium said. "However, the existent S5-powered HomePod Mini volition besides get Siri AI compatibility aboriginal this year, on with updates to iOS 27.2."

Fine people connected Apple's website does not notation this detail, astatine slightest arsenic acold arsenic we person seen, truthful we person reached retired to the institution for comment.

For the Apple TV 4K, Apple's good people did notation that Siri AI enactment volition extend backmost to the second-generation Apple TV 4K from 2021, but we person not recovered immoderate explicit good people notation astir Siri AI coming to the HomePod mini (1st generation).

Apple said mounting up Siri AI connected the HomePod mini 2 volition necessitate a paired iPhone oregon iPad exemplary with Apple Intelligence support.

A paired instrumentality iPhone oregon iPad with Apple Intelligence enactment is besides required for immoderate requests involving a user's idiosyncratic context, according to Apple. However, erstwhile Siri AI is enabled connected the HomePod mini, the institution said that adjacent users without an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone oregon iPad tin entree Siri AI's wide satellite knowledge, richer and much earthy conversations, and improved euphony discovery.

HomePod mini 2 launches connected Friday, October 30, with pre-orders underway. It has an S10 chip, up from the S5 spot successful the erstwhile model.
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