Oct 14, 2026 · 20 min · 12 segments
- Apple Announces Updated HomePod mini - Surround Sound for HomePod mini an Apple TV 4K Exclusive - Siri AI for New HomePod mini Coming Later - Apple Announces New Apple TV 4K - Apple Announces New…
Everything we had come to expect came to pass almost exactly the way we heard it would.
When paired with the new Apple TV 4K, says the press release, HomePod mini 2 supports four-speaker surround sound.
Of course, you will need four of them, or two and a couple of regular HomePods, and then your surround sound only works with Apple TV.
They called the restrictions on hardware compatibility tighter than they wanted to see.
Of course, we heard from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman over the weekend that the whole point of Apple's whole Home push, in his opinion, was locking people more tightly into Apple's ecosystem.
The colors are said to be based on the song's album artwork, though it will do a similar show for soundscape audio as well.
Available to pre-order now in 20-something countries, including the US, it'll ship and be in stores on the 30th of October.
Everything we had come to expect came to pass almost exactly the way we heard it would.
When paired with the new Apple TV 4K, says the press release, HomePod mini 2 supports four-speaker surround sound.
Of course, you will need four of them, or two and a couple of regular HomePods, and then your surround sound only works with Apple TV.
They called the restrictions on hardware compatibility tighter than they wanted to see.
Of course, we heard from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman over the weekend that the whole point of Apple's whole Home push, in his opinion, was locking people more tightly into Apple's ecosystem.
The colors are said to be based on the song's album artwork, though it will do a similar show for soundscape audio as well.
Available to pre-order now in 20-something countries, including the US, it'll ship and be in stores on the 30th of October.
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