HomePod Mini 2 Expected Later This Year With These New Features

Apple released the HomePod mini astir 5 years ago, truthful you whitethorn beryllium wondering erstwhile a caller mentation of the talker volition yet arrive.


Below, we recap rumors astir a next-generation HomePod mini.

HomePod mini: Timeline

• October 2020: Apple announces the HomePod mini during its iPhone 12 event.


• November 2021: HomePod mini gains blue, orange, and yellowish colour options.


• January 2023: Apple enables the inactive somesthesia and humidity sensor successful the ‌HomePod mini‌ with a bundle update.


• July 2024: Apple replaces the HomePod mini's abstraction grey colour with a midnight color.

HomePod mini 2: Rumors

In January, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that Apple was aiming to merchandise a caller HomePod mini "toward the extremity of the year." If that timeframe remains accurate, the HomePod mini 2 volition apt beryllium released successful September, October, oregon November this year.

The caller HomePod mini volition beryllium equipped with an Apple-designed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, according to Gurman. He said the spot volition enactment Wi-Fi 6E, which is overmuch faster and has little latency compared to the existent HomePod mini's Wi-Fi 4.

No different features oregon changes person been rumored yet, but improved dependable prime and a newer processor are harmless bets. The existent HomePod mini is equipped with the Apple Watch Series 5's S5 spot from 2019. The talker could besides beryllium updated with Apple's second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, which debuted successful iPhone 15 models.

New colour options are apt arsenic well.
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