Apple introduces the new HomePod with breakthrough sound and intelligence

 

 omePod is packed with Apple innovations, intelligence from Siri and smart home capabilities while delivering a truly innovative listening experience. read more. webcomputerworld

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced HomePod (2nd generation), a powerful smart speaker that offers next-generation acoustics in a beautiful, iconic design. Packed with Apple innovations and Siri intelligence, HomePod offers advanced computational audio for a groundbreaking listening experience, including support for immersive spatial audio tracks. With convenient new ways to manage daily tasks and control the smart home, users can now create smart home automations with Siri, receive notifications when a smoke or carbon monoxide alarm is detected in their home, and monitor the temperature and humidity in a room check with your hands. -free.

The new HomePod is available to order online and in the Apple Store app starting today, with availability beginning Friday, February 3.

"The new HomePod leverages our audio expertise and innovation to deliver deep, rich bass, natural mids and clear, detailed highs," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "With the popularity of HomePod mini, we've seen a growing interest in incorporating even more powerful acoustics into a larger HomePod. We're excited to bring the next generation of HomePod to customers around the world."

refined design

With an acoustically transparent seamless mesh and a backlit touch surface that glows from edge to edge, the new HomePod has a beautiful design that complements any room. HomePod is available in White and Midnight, a new color made from 100% recycled mesh, with a matching color woven power cord.

acoustic performance

HomePod delivers incredible audio quality with deep, rich bass and amazing high frequencies. A custom-designed high-excursion woofer, a powerful cone drive motor with a remarkable built-in 20mm bass EQ microphone, and a beamforming array of five tweeters around the base combine to deliver a powerful acoustic experience. The S7 chip is combined with software and system recognition technology to deliver even more advanced computer audio that maximizes the full potential of your acoustic system for an innovative listening experience. With Room Sensing technology, HomePod detects sound reflections from nearby surfaces to determine if you're standing against a wall or free-standing, then adjusts the sound in real time. Precise directional control of the five-tweeter beamforming array separates and transmits direct and ambient audio, immersing listeners in clear vocals and rich instrumentation.

Users can listen to a catalog of more than 100 million songs with Apple Music1, enjoy spatial audio with a single HomePod or as a stereo pair, or create an immersive home theater experience with Apple TV 4K. With Siri, users can access a wide variety of music information and search by artist, song, lyrics, decade, genre, mood, or activity.

Elevated experience with multiple HomePod speakers

Two or more HomePod or HomePod Mini speakers unlock a variety of powerful features. With multi-room audio with AirPlay2, users can just say "Hey Siri," or touch and hold the top of HomePod to play the same song on multiple HomePod speakers, play different songs on different HomePod speakers, or even use them as an intercom to send messages transmit to other rooms.

Users can also create a stereo pair with two HomePod speakers in the same room.3 In addition to separating the left and right channels, a stereo pair reproduces each channel in perfect harmony, creating a wider, more immersive soundstage than traditional stereo speakers for a truly outstanding listening experience.

Seamless integration into the Apple ecosystem

Leveraging ultra-wideband technology, users can stream anything playing on iPhone—like a favorite song, podcast, or even a call—directly to a HomePod.4 For easy playback control or to get recommendations personalized song and podcast suggestions, anyone in the household can hold an iPhone to HomePod and the suggestions will appear automatically. HomePod can also recognize up to six voices, so each member of the house can listen to their personal playlists, request reminders, and set calendar events. read more. healthnutritionhints