Apple HomePod mini up to date with new colors, Siri integration for Music

Apple added three new colors – orange, yellow and blue – to the HomePod mini line-up together with the prevailing white and house gray finishes within the newest replace for compact sensible speaker. The Cupertino tech large additionally introduced integrating its voice assistant Siri to its Apple Music service with the brand new Voice Plan value ₹49 monthly. All this might be out there in November, Apple stated throughout its Unleashed occasion on Monday, the place it launched the next-generation MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max chipsets and the third-generation AirPods with spatial audio and design overhaul.

Apple HomePod mini comes with the Intercom facility which permits folks to speak with members of the family in the home by means of a community of the sensible speaker. It additionally works with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and CarPlay, everybody within the family can obtain and ship Intercom messages if they’re shut to those units.

Later this 12 months, multi-user voice recognition by means of Siri will likely be out there in all areas the place HomePod mini is on the market so everybody within the dwelling can take pleasure in music curated particularly for them, entry private playlists, use Personal Requests, and extra.

Siri may also robotically regulate the talking quantity on HomePod mini primarily based on the room surroundings and quantity of the consumer. Siri may also help various voice choices for English audio system within the US, so customers can select the voice that speaks to them proper from the beginning once they arrange their gadget.

Multi-room audio with AirPlay 2 will give customers the choice to play totally different content material in several rooms of the home. This will want a number of HomePod units or AirPlay 2 suitable audio system, although.

Meanwhile, the Voice plan will combine Siri with the Apple Music subscription, which can permit the voice assistant to curate playlists in actual time as per the consumer’s demand.

The HomePod Mini and Apple Music Voice plan will likely be out there in India and different areas later within the 12 months. The HomePod mini will likely be out there at ₹9,900.

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