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Today, Apple officially launched three new bright colors for HomePod mini-yellow, orange and blue, to provide users with more ways to express their personality and style in various spaces.
The HomePod mini is small in size, less than 9 cm tall, and provides users with a wonderful music listening experience. It also has smart assistant Siri and smart home functions, and provides built-in privacy and security. HomePod mini can seamlessly integrate various Apple products and services into one, making it an ideal choice for Apple users’ smart speakers. In addition to white and space gray, HomePod mini will also provide three new colors. Details such as the backlit touchpad, weaving net, volume icon, and woven power cord will also have matching colors. Three new color schemes for HomePod mini will be released in November, and the price is only RMB 749.
HomePod mini offers three new colors
“The HomePod mini has outstanding sound quality, can listen to tens of millions of songs in the Apple Music library, and can be deeply integrated with other Apple devices. It can be said to be a must-have smart speaker for iPhone users.” Bob Borchers, Apple’s vice president of global product marketing Said, “With richer and more vivid color schemes, there are more places suitable for placing HomePod mini in the home. While protecting user privacy, it also provides amazing sound quality, powerful Siri, and simple and safe intelligence. Home control function.”
HomePod mini is small in size, less than 9 cm tall, it brings a wonderful music listening experience, and also has smart assistant Siri and smart home functions
Small size, amazing momentum
HomePod mini uses computing audio technology, the sound is full and delicate, bringing you a feast of hearing. The Apple S5 chip in HomePod mini works in tacit cooperation with advanced software to analyze the unique characteristics of music, so as to achieve stunning sound effects with a compact design. It can also use complex tuning models to optimize volume, adjust dynamic range, and control the activities of drive units and passive radiators in real time. HomePod mini is equipped with a full-frequency drive unit, neodymium magnets and a pair of vibration cancellation passive radiators, which can present deep and deep bass and crisp and pure treble.
HomePod mini has a sound guide designed by Apple, which can guide the sound flow down to the bottom of the speaker and export it out, bringing an immersive 360-degree audio experience. This design not only makes the sound full and clear, but also ensures that no matter where the user places the HomePod mini in the room, they can enjoy wonderful music from all angles. If multiple HomePod mini speakers are placed in different rooms, users can play the same song synchronously throughout the home, or they can play different songs in different rooms. Place two HomePod mini speakers in the same room to form a stereo combination, and get a deep immersive experience when listening to music. The three-microphone array is ready to listen to “Hey Siri” commands at any time, and there is a fourth inward microphone to help offset the sound from the speaker, improving Siri’s ability to listen to voice commands when playing music.
The tacit collaboration of computing audio technology and custom hardware (including Apple S5 chip) brings a full and delicate hearing experience
Apple Music voice control on HomePod mini
HomePod mini is designed to listen to Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, exclusive radio shows, and supports QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music and Kugou Music to provide entertainment experience for all users. The Apple Music library contains tens of millions of songs, as well as thousands of select playlists carefully selected by top musicians and music critics, including hundreds of new playlists customized for Apple Music’s voice control program; and A wealth of exclusive radio programs and other original content. The launch of a new level of subscription service will enable more people to enjoy this amazing music library. No need to do it, just tell Siri.
HomePod mini is designed to support a wealth of radio programs and music services, including the newly launched Apple Music voice control solution.
Ideal for smart speakers for iPhone users
Whether it is listening to music, listening to podcasts or making calls, users only need to place the iPhone close to the HomePod mini, and it will be seamlessly relayed and played smoothly without missing a beat. If you use an iPhone equipped with a U1 chip, users can also get a more wonderful experience of sight, hearing, and touch when the audio is relayed to another device, as if the devices can be physically sensed. If the HomePod mini is not playing any content, personalized listening suggestions will be automatically displayed on the iPhone screen, and you can operate without unlocking the iPhone.
HomePod mini and iPhone seamlessly realize audio relay, or get personalized listening suggestions when the device is close.
Powerful intelligent assistant
Thanks to the smart Siri, HomePod mini can create a deeply integrated personalized experience for iPhone users. Siri can recognize the voices of up to 6 different family members, recommend music and podcasts tailored to their preferences, and respond to their personal requests, such as reading out messages, reminders, memos and schedules, and making and receiving calls. Siri can also provide users with personalized updates to help them quickly preview the information of the day. Users only need to ask “Hey Siri, what are the updates today?” to hear the latest news, weather, traffic, reminders and schedules.
HomePod mini can also respond to users’ personal requests, such as reading out information, adding reminders, and calling friends.
Easily control smart home
With HomePod mini, controlling smart home accessories is easier than ever. Just use a simple voice command to let Siri help you turn off the lights, adjust the temperature, lock the door, set the scene, or control the device to complete the operation at a specific point in time. With the support of Siri, users can directly talk to various smart home accessories and control them without hands. In view of the customer’s requirements for the level of privacy protection, smart home accessories that enable the Siri function will relay user instructions through the HomePod mini located on the same network. Third-party accessory products that support this function will be listed in the future.
The broadcasting function allows people to communicate with each other easily and quickly at home. Users can use the broadcast function to transmit what they want to say from one HomePod mini to another HomePod mini placed in another room or a certain area, or several HomePod minis distributed in multiple rooms at home. The voice message will be automatically played through the designated HomePod mini speaker. The broadcast function is even suitable for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and CarPlay cars. Therefore, family members can receive and send broadcast messages whether they are in the yard or on their way home.
The broadcast function is a quick way to deliver messages to family members. Messages can be sent from one HomePod mini to another HomePod mini, and can also be sent via iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and CarPlay.
Design fully considers privacy and security
Security and privacy are the basis for Apple’s design of hardware, software, and services. HomePod mini will only send information to the Apple server when the device itself recognizes the “Hey Siri” command, or when the user touches to activate Siri. These requests will not be associated with the user’s Apple ID, and the user’s personal information will not be used for Apple advertising or disclosed to other organizations. HomePod mini will cooperate with the iPhone to complete information and memorandum related requests on the device side, and no information will be disclosed to Apple.
Other functions
More regions support multi-user voice recognition: From later this year, Siri will support all the multi-user voice recognition functions in the regions where HomePod mini can be purchased. Users can enjoy music customized according to their preferences at home, listen to their own playlists, and use personal requests Function etc.
Siri automatic volume adjustment: Siri will also automatically adjust the playback volume on the HomePod mini according to the room environment and the user’s voice level.
Interesting sounds: Ask Siri for the sounds of various animals, musical instruments or vehicles on the HomePod mini, and Siri will play interesting high-fidelity sound effects.
A new way to control smart home: Siri can control smart home accessories at a specific point in time, such as turning off the lights after 10 minutes, or turning on the porch lights at sunset.
Find the app: Ask Siri on the HomePod mini to help you locate the lost iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch, or AirTag by letting the device make a sound.
HomePod mini and the environment
HomePod mini was designed with environmental protection concepts to help Apple achieve a plan to achieve a net zero climate impact on the overall business by 2030, which covers the production supply chain and the life cycle of all products. HomePod mini uses 99% recycled rare earth elements, and the neodymium magnet in the speaker drive unit uses 100% recycled rare earth elements. The seamless web is made of more than 90% recycled plastic, and the wood fibers used in the packaging are all from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources. HomePod mini also does not contain mercury, brominated flame retardants, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and beryllium.
HomePod mini uses components and software with superior energy efficiency to intelligently save power when the device is in an inactive state. For example, with the help of optimized power management functions and efficient power supply system, HomePod mini can maintain efficiency in low power consumption mode, which is also its usual mode of operation. The power consumption of HomePod mini is 75% lower than the stringent ENERGY STAR standards.
Price and time to market
In addition to white and space gray, the new HomePod mini is also available in yellow, orange and blue. The retail price is RMB 749. It will be available in the online Apple Store and Apple Store retail stores (yellow, orange and blue will be available in 11 Launched in the month). HomePod mini is also available at Apple authorized dealers and specific carriers (prices may vary).
HomePod mini is compatible with iPhone SE, iPhone 6s or later models running iOS 15 and iPod touch (7th generation), or iPad Pro, iPad (fifth generation or later models), iPad Air 2 or later models running iPadOS 15 Model, and iPad mini 4 or later models.
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