Apple today introduced the HomePod mini, the newest member of the HomePod family that offers incredible sound, the intelligence of Siri to help users with their daily tasks, and a smart home experience that offers comfort and convenience without complexity. . At just 3 inches tall, HomePod mini is packed with innovative technologies and advanced software that together create computational audio that delivers revolutionary audio quality, no matter where the speaker is located.“The HomePod mini has everything customers want in a smart speaker: incredible sound for listening to music, a world-class smart assistant that provides a personal experience for every member of the household, and like all Apple products, it designed with privacy and security in mind, ”explains Bob Borchers, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The HomePod mini is the perfect smart speaker to use with any Apple device. It works easily with iPhone to play music, answer calls or provide personalized listening suggestions, elevate the sound of Apple TV, play music from a Mac, and more. It's a small speaker packed with Apple innovations at an incredible price. "
The HomePod mini is designed to work with Apple Music, podcasts, radio stations from iHeartRadio, radio.com and TuneIn, and in the coming months with popular music services such as Pandora and Amazon Music. Multiple HomePod mini speakers can be used at the same time to play music or podcasts in different rooms simultaneously, all in perfect sync. Additionally, two HomePod mini speakers can be placed together to create a stereo pair for a spacious soundstage that fills the room with clear, immersive sound.
Amazing soundHomePod mini delivers a clear listening experience with great detail thanks to computational audio for maximum performance. To achieve incredible sound in such a compact design, the Apple S5 chip included in the HomePod mini works with advanced software that analyzes the unique characteristics of music and applies complex tuning models to optimize volume, adjust dynamic range, and monitor the movement of the controller and passive radiators in real time. The Apple-designed full-range driver has a neodymium magnet and a pair of passive force-canceling radiators for deep bass and crisp highs.Applying the same acoustic principles used to deliver amazing sound on the HomePod, the HomePod mini has an Apple-designed acoustic waveguide that distributes the sound flow from the bottom of the speaker to create an immersive audio experience. 360 degree. This allows you to place the HomePod mini in virtually any corner of the room and hear consistent sound. In addition, a three-microphone system is always attentive to user interactions via "Hey Siri" and a fourth inward-facing microphone isolates speaker noise to improve voice detection when playing. music.