HomePod mini offers a great music listening experience, an
intelligent assistant, and smart home capabilities, with built-in
privacy and security, in a beautiful compact design
Apple® today unveiled HomePod mini™, the newest addition to the
HomePod® family that delivers impressive sound, the intelligence of
Siri® to get things done, and a smart home experience that offers
comfort and convenience without complexity. At just 3.3 inches
tall, HomePod mini is packed with innovative technologies and
advanced software that together enable computational audio to
deliver breakthrough audio quality wherever it is placed. HomePod
mini will be available in white and space gray at a great price of
just $99.
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HomePod mini, the newest addition to the
HomePod family, stands at 3.3 inches tall and offers impressive
sound, the intelligence of Siri, and smart home capabilities.
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“HomePod mini has everything customers want in a smart speaker —
amazing sound for listening to music, a world-class intelligent
assistant that delivers a personal experience to each member of the
household, and like every Apple product, it’s designed with privacy
and security in mind,” said Bob Borchers, Apple’s vice president of
Worldwide Product Marketing. “HomePod mini is the ultimate smart
speaker for anyone with an Apple device. It works effortlessly with
iPhone to hand off music, answer calls, or deliver personalized
listening suggestions, elevates the sound from Apple TV, plays
music from a Mac, and so much more. There’s a lot of Apple
innovation packed into such a small speaker, all at an affordable
price."
HomePod mini is designed to work with Apple Music®, podcasts,
radio stations from iHeartRadio, radio.com, and TuneIn, and in the
coming months, popular music services including Pandora and Amazon
Music. Multiple HomePod mini speakers work together to stream music
or podcasts to multiple rooms, all in perfect sync. By placing two
HomePod mini speakers in a single room, a stereo pair can be
created for a wide soundstage, filling the space with rich,
enveloping sound.
Amazing Sound
HomePod mini delivers an incredibly rich and detailed acoustic
experience, using computational audio to deliver peak performance.
To achieve big sound out of such a compact design, the Apple S5
chip in HomePod mini works with advanced software to analyze the
unique characteristics of the music and apply complex tuning models
to optimize loudness, adjust the dynamic range, and control the
movement of the driver and passive radiators in real time. The
Apple-engineered full-range driver, powered by a neodymium magnet
and a pair of force-cancelling passive radiators, enables deep bass
and crisp high frequencies.
Applying the same acoustic principles used to deliver amazing
sound in HomePod, HomePod mini features an Apple-designed acoustic
waveguide to direct the flow of sound down and out toward the
bottom of the speaker for an immersive 360-degree audio experience.
This allows customers to place HomePod mini almost anywhere in a
room and hear consistent sound. A three-microphone array listens
for “Hey Siri,” and a fourth inward-facing microphone helps isolate
sound coming from the speaker to improve voice detection when music
is playing.
Powerful Intelligent
Assistant
With the intelligence of Siri, HomePod mini delivers a
personalized and deeply integrated experience for iPhone®
customers. Siri can identify who is speaking and tailor music and
podcasts to their preferences, and respond to personal requests,
like accessing messages, reminders, notes, and calendar
appointments, or making and answering phone calls.1 Siri also
offers users a personal update for a quick snapshot of their day.
With a single request, users can ask Siri “What’s my update?” to
hear the latest news, weather, traffic, reminders, and calendar
appointments.
HomePod mini works effortlessly with Apple devices, making it
easy to pick up an incoming call, listen to music on the Mac®, or
upgrade the TV experience by taking the sound from Apple TV® to the
next level. When listening to music on iPhone, customers can simply
bring their device close to HomePod mini and seamlessly hand off
the music without missing a beat. And later this year, the
experience gets even better with visual, audible, and haptic
effects when sound transfers from one device to the other.2
Personalized listening suggestions will also automatically appear
on iPhone when it is next to HomePod mini, and instant controls are
available without having to unlock iPhone.2
Smart Home Controls and New
Intercom System
HomePod mini makes controlling smart home accessories easier
than ever with simple voice commands for Siri to turn off the
lights, change the temperature, lock the doors, or set a scene.
HomePod mini is the perfect home hub, providing access to smart
home accessories while at home or away.
A new Intercom feature offers a quick and easy way for family
members to connect with each other at home. One person can send an
Intercom message from one HomePod to another — whether in a
different room, a specific zone, or multiple rooms throughout the
home — and their voice will automatically play on the designated
HomePod speaker. Intercom works with iPhone, iPad®, Apple Watch®,
AirPods®, and CarPlay®, so everyone in the household can get
Intercom notifications and send Intercom messages from the backyard
or on their way home.
Designed with Privacy and
Security in Mind
Security and privacy are fundamental to the design of Apple
hardware, software, and services. With HomePod mini, only after
“Hey Siri” is recognized locally on the device, or the user
activates Siri by touch, will any information be sent to Apple
servers. Requests are not associated with the user’s Apple ID, and
personal information is not sold to advertisers or other
organizations. HomePod mini works with iPhone to complete requests
for messages and notes on device without revealing that information
to Apple.
Additional Features:
- Siri Shortcuts™ created on iPhone and iPad are accessible on
HomePod mini, so users can ask Siri on HomePod mini to start a pot
of coffee, control a robot vacuum, add milk to the grocery list,
and more.
- Ambient sounds, including rain, a fireplace, a stream, and
more, offer the perfect background noise to focus, relax, or fall
asleep. Siri can set a sleep timer so the sounds automatically stop
playing.
- Find My helps locate a misplaced iPhone, iPad, iPod touch®,
Mac, or Apple Watch by playing a sound to pinpoint its
location.
- Web search results from HomePod mini can be sent directly to
the user’s iPhone for easy viewing.
- Music alarms let users wake up to a favorite song, playlist, or
radio station from Apple Music.
HomePod mini and the
Environment
HomePod mini was designed with the environment in mind and
supports Apple’s plan to have net zero climate impact across its
entire business, which includes manufacturing supply chains and all
product life cycles, by 2030. HomePod mini utilizes 99 percent
recycled rare earth elements, with the neodymium magnet in the
speaker driver utilizing 100 percent recycled rare earth elements.
The seamless mesh fabric is made with more than 90 percent recycled
plastic, and all of the packaging wood fibers are from responsibly
managed forests or recycled sources. HomePod mini is also free of
mercury, brominated flame retardants, PVC, and beryllium.
HomePod mini uses power-efficient components and software that
can intelligently power them down during periods of inactivity. For
example, through optimized power management features and a
high-efficiency power supply, HomePod mini has been designed to be
efficient in its low-power mode, where the majority of time is
spent. The result is that HomePod mini is energy efficient right
out of the box. HomePod mini consumes 75 percent less energy than
the stringent requirements for ENERGY STAR.
Pricing and Availability
- HomePod mini will be available in white and space gray for $99
(US) from apple.com, in the Apple Store® app, and Apple Store
locations. HomePod mini is also available through Apple Authorized
Resellers and select carriers (prices may vary).
- Customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
India, Japan, Spain, the UK, and the US are able to order HomePod
mini beginning at 5 a.m. PST on Friday, November 6, with
availability beginning the week of November 16. HomePod mini will
be available in China, Mexico, and Taiwan later this year.
- HomePod mini is compatible with iPhone SE, iPhone 6s or later,
or iPod touch (7th generation) running iOS 14; or iPad Pro®, iPad
(5th generation or later), iPad Air® 2 or later, or iPad mini® 4 or
later running iPadOS® 14.
- Customers are able to find the same great shopping and support
services at apple.com and at Apple Store locations. Customers can
get shopping help from Apple Specialists, choose monthly financing
options, trade in eligible devices, and get Support services and
no-contact delivery or Apple Store pickup options. Customers are
encouraged to check apple.com/retail for more information on the
health and safety measures in place, and the services available, at
their local store.
1 Multi-user support for personal requests is available in
English only.
2 Requires a U1-equipped iPhone. Available with a free software
update later this year. Ultra Wideband availability varies by
region.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.
Apple’s five software platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and
tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and
empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store,
Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000
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