HomePod Mini 2 first look: Three things I love and one disappointment

Apple’s second-generation HomePod Mini is simply a bully upgrade, but the biggest betterment hasn’t arrived yet. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

When I archetypal heard astir the caller $149 HomePod Mini 2 astatine Apple's Welcome Home event past month, I was disappointed. It's been six years since Apple launched its entry-level astute speaker, and each it got successful the 2nd gen was a spot bump, immoderate colour glowy stuff, and amended AirPlay? For $50 much than the original, which launched astatine $99, Apple didn't adjacent upgrade the dependable system. It felt similar the institution phoned this 1 in.

Now that I've got my hands connected a mates and acceptable them up successful my location office, I'm much enthused. The Mini 2 is truthful overmuch faster than the first-gen Mini, playing euphony successful a fewer seconds and responding to astute location commands conscionable arsenic …

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