January 18, 2023
PRESS RELEASE
Apple introduces the brand new HomePod with breakthrough sound and intelligence
Delivering unbelievable audio high quality, enhanced Siri capabilities, and a protected and safe sensible dwelling expertise
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple at present introduced HomePod (2nd technology), a robust sensible speaker that delivers next-level acoustics in a stunning, iconic design. Filled with Apple improvements and Siri intelligence, HomePod presents superior computational audio for a groundbreaking listening expertise, together with help for immersive Spatial Audio tracks. With handy new methods to handle on a regular basis duties and management the sensible dwelling, customers can now create sensible dwelling automations utilizing Siri, get notified when a smoke or carbon monoxide alarm is detected of their dwelling, and test temperature and humidity in a room — all hands-free.
The brand new HomePod is on the market to order on-line and within the Apple Retailer app beginning at present, with availability starting Friday, February 3.
“Leveraging our audio experience and improvements, the brand new HomePod delivers wealthy, deep bass, pure mid-range, and clear, detailed highs,” stated Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice chairman of Worldwide Advertising and marketing. “With the recognition of HomePod mini, we’ve seen rising curiosity in much more highly effective acoustics achievable in a bigger HomePod. We’re thrilled to deliver the following technology of HomePod to clients around the globe.”
Refined Design
With a seamless, acoustically clear mesh cloth and a backlit contact floor that illuminates from edge to edge, the brand new HomePod boasts a ravishing design that enhances any area. HomePod is on the market in white and midnight, a brand new colour made with one hundred pc recycled mesh cloth, with a color-matched woven energy cable.
Acoustic Powerhouse
HomePod delivers unbelievable audio high quality, with wealthy, deep bass and gorgeous excessive frequencies. A custom-engineered high-excursion woofer, highly effective motor that drives the diaphragm a outstanding 20mm, built-in bass-EQ mic, and beamforming array of 5 tweeters across the base all work collectively to realize a robust acoustic expertise. The S7 chip is mixed with software program and system-sensing know-how to supply much more superior computational audio that maximizes the total potential of its acoustic system for a groundbreaking listening expertise.
With room sensing know-how, HomePod acknowledges sound reflections from close by surfaces to find out whether it is towards a wall or freestanding, after which adapts sound in actual time. Exact directional management of its beamforming array of 5 tweeters separates and beams direct and ambient audio, immersing listeners in crystal-clear vocals and wealthy instrumentation.
Customers can take heed to a catalog of over 100 million songs with Apple Music,1 get pleasure from Spatial Audio with a single HomePod or as a stereo pair, or create a charming dwelling theater expertise with Apple TV 4K. With Siri, customers can entry a spread of music data, and search by artist, track, lyrics, decade, style, temper, or exercise.
Elevated Expertise with A number of HomePod Audio system
Two or extra HomePod or HomePod mini audio system unlock quite a lot of highly effective options. Utilizing multiroom audio with AirPlay,2 customers can merely say “Hey Siri,” or contact and maintain the highest of HomePod to play the identical track on a number of HomePod audio system, play completely different songs on completely different HomePod audio system, and even use them as an intercom to broadcast messages to different rooms.
Customers may create a stereo pair with two HomePod audio system in the identical area.3 Along with separating the left and proper channels, a stereo pair performs every channel in excellent concord, making a wider, extra immersive soundstage than conventional stereo audio system for a really standout listening expertise.
Seamless Integration with the Apple Ecosystem
Leveraging Extremely Wideband know-how, customers can hand off no matter they’re enjoying on iPhone — like a favourite track, podcast, or perhaps a cellphone name — on to a HomePod.4 To simply management what’s enjoying or obtain personalised track and podcast suggestions, anybody within the dwelling can deliver an iPhone near HomePod and options will floor routinely. HomePod may acknowledge as much as six voices, so every member of the house can hear their private playlists, ask for reminders, and set calendar occasions.
HomePod simply pairs with Apple TV 4K for a robust dwelling theater expertise, and eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel)5 help on Apple TV 4K permits clients to make HomePod the audio system for all gadgets related to the TV. Plus, with Siri on HomePod, customers can management what’s enjoying on their Apple TV hands-free.
Discover My on HomePod makes it attainable for customers to find their Apple gadgets, like an iPhone, by enjoying a sound on the misplaced system. Utilizing Siri, customers may ask for the placement of mates or family members who share their location through the app.
A Sensible Dwelling Important
With Sound Recognition,6 HomePod can pay attention for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms,and ship a notification on to the consumer’s iPhone if a sound is recognized. The brand new built-in temperature and humidity sensor can measure indoor environments, so customers can create automations that shut the blinds or activate the fan routinely when a sure temperature is reached in a room.
By activating Siri, clients can management a single system or create scenes like “Good Morning” that put a number of sensible dwelling equipment to work on the identical time, or arrange recurring automations hands-free like “Hey Siri, open the blinds daily at dawn.”7 A brand new affirmation tone signifies when a Siri request is made to regulate an adjunct that will not visibly present a change, like a heater, or for equipment situated in a special room. Ambient sounds — like ocean, forest, and rain — have additionally been remastered and are extra built-in into the expertise, enabling clients so as to add new sounds to scenes, automations, and alarms.
Customers may intuitively navigate, view, and manage equipment with the redesigned Dwelling app, which presents new classes for local weather, lights, and safety, permits straightforward setup and management of the sensible dwelling, and features a new multicamera view.
Matter Assist
Matter launched final fall, enabling sensible dwelling merchandise to work throughout ecosystems whereas sustaining the best ranges of safety. Apple is a member of the Connectivity Requirements Alliance, which maintains the Matter customary, together with different business leaders. HomePod connects to and controls Matter-enabled equipment, and serves as a necessary dwelling hub, giving customers entry when away from dwelling.
Buyer Knowledge Is Non-public Property
Defending buyer privateness is one among Apple’s core values. All sensible dwelling communications are all the time end-to-end encrypted to allow them to’t be learn by Apple, together with digicam recordings with HomeKit Safe Video. When Siri is used, the audio of the request shouldn’t be saved by default. These options give customers peace of thoughts that their privateness is protected at dwelling.
HomePod and the Surroundings
HomePod is designed to attenuate its environmental affect, and contains one hundred pc recycled gold — a primary for HomePod — within the plating of a number of printed circuit boards and one hundred pc recycled uncommon earth components within the speaker magnet. HomePod meets Apple’s excessive requirements for power effectivity, and is mercury-, BFR-, PVC-, and beryllium-free. Redesigned packaging eliminates the outer plastic wrap, and 96 % of the packaging is fiber-based, bringing Apple nearer to its purpose of utterly eradicating plastic from all packaging by 2025.
Immediately, Apple is carbon impartial for international company operations, and by 2030, plans to be one hundred pc carbon impartial throughout all the manufacturing provide chain and all product life cycles. Because of this each Apple system bought, from part manufacturing, meeting, transport, buyer use, charging, during recycling and materials restoration, could have net-zero local weather affect.
Pricing and Availability
HomePod (2nd technology) is on the market to order for $299 (US) from apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, the UK, the US, and 11 different international locations and areas beginning at present, with availability starting Friday, February 3.
(US) from apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, the UK, the US, and 11 different international locations and areas beginning at present, with availability starting Friday, February 3. HomePod (2nd technology) is appropriate with iPhone SE (2nd technology) and later, or iPhone 8 and later operating iOS 16.3 or later; or iPad Professional, iPad (fifth technology) and later, iPad Air (third technology) and later, or iPad mini (fifth technology) and later operating iPadOS 16.3.
Clients within the US get 3 % Every day Money again after they purchase instantly from Apple with Apple Card.
New subscribers can get Apple Music free for six months with the acquisition of any HomePod.
Apple Music requires a subscription. Multiroom audio requires a number of HomePod audio system or AirPlay-compatible audio system with the most recent AirPlay software program. Making a HomePod stereo pair requires two of the identical mannequin HomePod audio system, corresponding to two HomePod mini, two HomePod (2nd technology), or two HomePod (1st technology). iOS 16.3 is required on iPhone for Handoff. Dwelling theater with eARC help requires Apple TV 4K (2nd technology) or later, operating the most recent tvOS software program. Sound Recognition will probably be obtainable in a software program replace later this spring. Sound Recognition might detect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm sounds and ship customers notifications when acknowledged. Sound Recognition shouldn’t be relied upon in circumstances the place customers could also be harmed or injured, or in high-risk or emergency conditions. Sound Recognition requires the up to date Dwelling structure, which will probably be obtainable as a separate replace within the Dwelling app. It requires all Apple gadgets that entry the house to be utilizing the most recent software program. Sensible dwelling equipment are bought individually.
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