Apple has officially announced the HomePod mini 2, a smart speaker announced alongside the new Home View smart display and fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. Pre-orders start today ahead of the October 30 launch, and the speaker is priced at $149.
The HomePod mini 2 keeps the same design as the original but comes in a range of refreshed and returning colors: green, pink, blue, midnight, and white. It replaces the dated S5 chip with a new S10 chip, which powers new features and experiences, including advanced computational audio that analyzes music in real time to optimize dynamic range, loudness, and acoustic performance.
The speaker introduces two headline features. Siri AI, Apple's upgraded personal assistant that debuted with iOS 27, is built on an entirely new architecture using the latest Apple Foundation Models. When paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, it can tap into a user's personal context to help them find what they need. The new hardware feature Sound Glow turns the top of the speaker into a visual canvas that pulses in sync with the music, reacting to bass and treble and generating color-matched lighting from album artwork.
For home theater setups, a pair of HomePod mini 2 speakers paired with the new Apple TV 4K (fourth-generation) and a pair of full-size HomePod 2 speakers can create a four-speaker surround sound experience. The system automatically recognizes each speaker's position in the room and calibrates audio timing and levels to match. Apple says Siri AI will arrive in a future software update, so it may not be available at launch.
Source: 9to5Mac · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing