At in the present day’s Apple occasion, the primary product introduced was the HomePod Mini good speaker. The brand new speaker is just not solely full of options but in addition prices a fraction of the price of the HomePod that was introduced in 2018.
The HomePod Mini has a globe-like design with a display screen on the high and a flat base. There’s a mesh material that wraps across the speaker and covers the only driver unit, two passive radiators, and an acoustic waveguide on the backside.
The speaker is powered by an Apple S5 chip that gives “computational audio” which Apple explains adjusts how the music sounds nearly 200 instances per second.
Place two HomePod Mini audio system close to one another and they’re going to mechanically work in stereo mode. Apple has additionally copied the Google Assistant’s “Broadcast characteristic“ however has dubbed it Intercom.
With Intercom, customers will be capable to ship voice messages to different HomePod audio system in the home. These on the different finish will even be capable to reply. Intercom messages will even show on different related gadgets together with iPhones, Apple Watch, and even play on AirPods.
As with all good audio system, the HomePod Mini will also be used to regulate good dwelling gadgets. It really works as a hub that controls lights and different good dwelling gadgets. The HomePod Mini helps streaming from a number of providers together with iHeart Radio and TuneIn.
Apple rounds it off with a tremendous worth of simply $99, the identical worth as Google’s Nest Audio good speaker. That could be a quarter of the launch worth of the 2018 HomePod speaker. The HomePod now sells for much less, as little as $199 however we gained’t be stunned to see of us decide up two HomePod Mini audio system as a substitute of a single HomePod speaker.
The brand new speaker will probably be obtainable for pre-order on November 6 and can go on sale on November 16.
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