APPLE INTRODUCES HOMEPOD MINI IN NEW COLORS

HOMEPOD MINI GETS NEW COLORS

Apple updates the HomePod Mini with new colors and releases a new Apple Music sound pack that Siri can use to control your Apple Music subscription

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Apple today introduced the HomePod mini in three bold new colors – yellow, orange, and blue – giving consumers more options to express their individuality and style in any room. At just 3.3 inches, the HomePod mini offers a great music listening experience, Siri intelligence, and smart home functionality with built-in privacy and security. Its seamless integration with Apple products and services makes the HomePod mini the ultimate smart speaker for anyone with an Apple device. The HomePod mini will be available in these new colors in addition to white and cosmic gray starting in November for just $99 with color-accurate details everywhere, including colored touch surfaces, mesh fabric, volume icons, and power cord fabric.

"The HomePod mini sounds great, and with access to over 90 million songs from the global Apple catalog and deep integration with your Apple device, it's a must-have smart speaker for iPhone users," said Bob Borchers, vice president of marketing at Apple worldwide. . product. "With new vibrant colors, HomePod mini fits in more places and brings great sound, the power of Siri, and simple, secure controls to your smart home while protecting your privacy."

Great sound in a compact speaker

The HomePod mini uses computer audio to provide a rich and detailed audio experience for maximum performance. To get great sound out of a compact design, the Apple S5 chip uses advanced software to analyze the unique characteristics of music. It also applies advanced tuning models to optimize volume, adjust dynamic range, and control passive radiator and driver movement in real time. HomePod mini's full-featured drivers, premium neodymium magnets and a pair of passive heat sinks to dissipate its power allow it to deliver deep bass and crisp highs.

An acoustic waveguide developed by Apple guides sound from under the speaker down and out for an immersive 360-degree audio experience. This design not only maintains fullness and clarity, but also makes it easy to place the HomePod mini anywhere in the room and enjoy amazing sound from every angle. When placed in multiple rooms, the HomePod earbuds allow users to play the same music throughout the house or different songs in each room, all in perfect sync. By placing two HomePod mini speakers in the same room, a stereo pair is created for a more intense music listening experience. A row of three microphones hears "Hey Siri," and a fourth inward-facing microphone helps block sound coming from the speaker to improve Siri's ability to hear voice commands while playing music

Apple Music sound on HomePod mini

The HomePod mini is designed to work with Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, thousands of radio stations including the award-winning Apple Music 1 station, and popular music services like Pandora, Deezer, and more that provide entertainment for everyone. 1 Apple Music features over 90 million songs, all composed by world-class masters and tasters; Thousands of pre-packaged playlists, including hundreds tailor-made for the Apple Music Voice Plan; and 25,000+ exclusive radio episodes and other original content. With the introduction of this new subscription tier, more and more people will have access to this amazing hands-free catalog by simply asking Siri.

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The best smart speaker for iPhone users

While listening to music, podcasts, or receiving phone calls, users can stream audio smoothly without missing a moment by holding iPhone close to the HomePod mini. The experience is made even more magical with an iPhone equipped with the U1 - with visual, acoustic, and tactile effects that make devices feel physically connected as sound is passed from one to another. If nothing is playing on HomePod mini, iPhone will automatically show custom listening suggestions when near the speaker, and have instant control without having to unlock iPhone.

Powerful intelligent assistant

With Siri intelligence, the HomePod mini offers a personalized and highly integrated experience for iPhone customers. Siri can recognize the voices of up to six different household members, customize music and podcasts to suit their preferences, and respond to personal requests such as reading messages, reminders, notes, and calendar appointments, or making and answering calls. offers users personal updates for the brief moments of their day. Users can ask, "Hey Siri, what's my update?" To hear the latest news, weather, traffic, reminders and calendar events with a single request.

Smooth smart home control

The HomePod mini makes it easy to manage smart home accessories with simple voice commands for Siri to turn off the lights, change the temperature, lock the door, set the scene, or control the device at a specific time. Consumers can also get hands-free assistance by speaking directly to Siri-enabled smart home accessories. Siri-enabled accessories send design requests via a dedicated HomePod mini on the same network, providing the level of data protection Apple customers expect.

Intercoms are a quick and easy way for people to connect at home. Users can send intercom messages from one HomePod mini to another - be it in a different room, a specific area, or several rooms around the house - and their voice messages will play automatically on the specified Mini HomePod. This intercom even works with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and CarPlay, so everyone in the house can receive intercom notifications and send intercom messages from the park, on the way home, or on the way.

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Developed with privacy and security in mind

Privacy and security are critical to the design of Apple's hardware, software, and services. With the HomePod mini, any information is only sent to Apple's servers when "Hey Siri" is recognized locally on the device or the user activates Siri with a touch. The request is not associated with the user's Apple ID, nor is personal data used for advertising purposes by Apple or sold to other organizations. The HomePod mini works with iPhone to fill out message requests and notes on the device without giving that information to Apple.

Additional Features

• Expanded Multi-User Speech Recognition: Starting later this year, Siri is expanding its multi-user speech recognition support in all regions where the HomePod mini is available, so everyone in the home can enjoy music tailored to their needs and access to your own Playlists, using private questions, and more.
  
  
• Siri automatic volume: Siri also automatically adjusts the volume of the HomePod mini to suit the room environment and the user's volume.
  
  
• Versatile Siri Language Options: Siri now offers multiple language options for English speakers in the US, so users can choose the voice that speaks to them when they set up their device in the first place.
  
  
• Louder on Apple TV 4K: Users can pair their HomePod mini with Apple TV 4K for a powerful, high-fidelity remote sound experience. Using computer audio, HomePod mini continuously analyzes sound and simulates performance to ensure clear dialogue.
  
  
• Control Apple TV: Together, Siri and HomePod mini offer users a new way to interact with Apple TV. For example, users can ask Siri to turn on Apple TV, start a show or movie, and control playback.
  
  
• Funny sounds: Ask Siri on the HomePod mini what different animals, instruments, or vehicles sound like and Siri will play funny, high-quality sounds.
  
  
• A new way to control smart home devices: Siri can control smart home accessories at any given time, so Siri can turn off the lights for 10 minutes or turn on the lights on the patio at sunset.
  
  
• Find My: Ask Siri on the HomePod mini to help you find a misplaced iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch, or AirTag by playing a tone to indicate its location.
  
  
  

HomePod mini and environment

The HomePod mini is designed with the environment in mind and supports Apple's plan to have no climate impact on the entire company, spanning the supply chain and all product lifecycles, by 2030. The HomePod mini uses 99% recycled rare earth elements with neodymium magnets in its speaker drivers. Made from 100% recycled rare earth elements. Seamless mesh fabric is made up of over 90 percent recycled plastic and all packaged wood fiber comes from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources. The HomePod mini also contains no mercury, BFR, PVC, and beryllium.

The HomePod mini uses energy-efficient components and software that you can intelligently shut down during periods of inactivity. For example, with optimized power management functions and a highly efficient power supply, HomePod mini is designed to be efficient in energy saving mode, where most of the time is spent. HomePod mini uses 75% less energy than strict ENERGY STAR requirements.

Price and availability

• In addition to white and space gray, the HomePod mini will also be available in yellow, orange, and blue for $99 at apple.com/store, in the Apple Store app, and in the Apple Store. The HomePod mini will also be available through Apple Authorized Resellers and select carriers (prices may vary).
  
  
• Customers in Australia, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States can purchase the HomePod mini in November.
  
  
• HomePod mini is compatible with iPhone SE, iPhone 6s or later or iPod touch (7th generation) with iOS 15; iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation or higher), iPad Air 2 or higher; or iPad mini 4 or higher with iPadOS 15.
  
  
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