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Apple HomePod mini

Apple says its revised HomePod mini will deliver impressive sound, works seamlessly with iPhones, and features the intelligence of Siri and is the foundation for any smart home.

Feb 3, 2022

The HomePod mini range is now available in three bold new colours – yellow, orange, and blue – giving users more ways to express their personality and style in any space.

It might be compact in stature, but the HomePod mini still provides a rich and detailed acoustic experience. To achieve big sounds out of such a diminutive design, its Apple S5 chip runs advanced software to analyse the unique characteristics of any sound being playing.

Apple has introduced the HomePod mini in three bold new colours — yellow, orange and blue — giving users more ways to express their personality and style in any space.

At just under 8.5 centimetres tall, Apple says HomePod mini offers a great music-listening experience, the intelligence of Siri and smart home capabilities, with privacy and security built in.

It is designed to seamlessly integrate across Apple’s products and services making it an all-encompassing smart speaker for anyone with an Apple device. The HomePod mini will be available in the new colours, along with white and space grey, with colour-matched details throughout, including the tinted touch surface, mesh fabric, volume icons and a woven power cable.

The Apple HomePod mini uses computational audio to provide a rich and detailed acoustic experience and deliver peak performance. To achieve big sound out of such a compact design, the unit’s Apple S5 chip runs advanced software to analyse the unique characteristics of music being played. It also applies complex tuning models to optimise loudness, adjust the dynamic range, and control the movement of the driver and passive radiators, all in real time. The HomePod mini’s full-range driver, premium neodymium magnet and pair of force-cancelling passive radiators enable it to produce deep bass and crisp high frequencies. 

The small unit’s design not only preserves richness and clarity but makes it easy to place anywhere in a room and enjoy clear sound from every angle. When placed in multiple rooms, HomePod mini speakers allow users to play the same music throughout the house, all in perfect sync, or a different song in every room.

Placing two HomePod mini speakers in the same room creates a stereo pair for an even more immersive experience when listening to music. A three-microphone array listens for “Hey Siri” voice commands, and a fourth inward-facing microphone helps cancel out sound coming from the speaker to improve Siri’s ability to hear voice requests when music is playing. 

When listening to music or podcasts, or taking a phone call, users can seamlessly hand off the audio without missing a beat by bringing their iPhone close to HomePod mini. Apple says the complete experience gets more interactive with any U1-equipped iPhone, with visual, audible and haptic effects that make it feel like the devices are physically connected as sound flows from one to another.

With the intelligence of Siri, the Apple HomePod mini delivers a personalised experience for iPhone users. Siri can recognise the voices of up to six different household members, tailor music and podcasts to their preferences, and respond to personal requests, like reading their messages, reminders, notes, and calendar appointments, or making and answering phone calls.

HomePod mini also makes controlling smart home accessories effortless with simple voice commands for Siri to turn off the lights, lock the doors, set a scene, or control devices at specific times.

The units Intercom functionality also gives people a quick and easy way to connect at home. Users can send an Intercom message from one HomePod mini to another (whether in a different room, a specific zone, or multiple rooms throughout the home) and their voice message will automatically play on the designated HomePod mini.