HomePod Mini 2: All the New Features

Apple this week introduced the HomePod mini 2, and we have rounded up all of the new features and changes that we have uncovered so far below.

HomePod mini 2 can be pre-ordered now and launches Friday, October 30, but Siri AI support will not be available until a future software update.

Here is what is new with the HomePod mini 2:

Siri AI support is coming in a future software update, with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad required for requests involving your personal context.

S10 chip, up from the S5 chip for the previous model. It is unclear if this chip upgrade enables computational audio improvements.

Wi-Fi 6E support, up from Wi-Fi 4 for the previous model.

Bluetooth 6 support, up from Bluetooth 5 for the previous model.

Sunday October 11, 2026 12:56 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol

Just two days before Apple's "Welcome home" experience in New York, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has leaked several details about the new products set to be unveiled, including an all-new smart home hub, a HomePod mini 2, and a new Apple TV 4K.

Here is an all-in-one summary of the details shared by Gurman:Apple's home hub with a touch-enabled display will be named HomeView, seemingly confirming a ...

Friday September 25, 2026 8:18 am PDT by Joe Rossignol

The next iPad mini, HomePod mini, and Apple TV 4K models have all leaked, just a few weeks before the devices are expected to be announced. Specifically, MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris discovered a few of Apple's official images of the devices, confirming their existence and some new features that are planned.

The most notable iPad mini details revealed in today's leak include an A20 Pro ...

Apple's new HomePod mini will share the same design as the original model and come in five colors, MacRumors has found.

The information originates from Apple's own code (spotted by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris) and shows clear product images of the new models in all of their colors. The above image contains Apple's own icons, which specifically refer to a "HomePod mini 2."

The new...

As long as homepod mini, my ipad, my iphone and my macbook can figure out which is/should take the request I'll be happy. None of my apple devices (and they're all udpated) can figure out which I'm talking to.

So if you have a HomePod mini two you have to have a phone for personal requests? Why not just make the personal request of your phone and skip the HomePod mini. It seems as if you only need it if you were playing music through it because your iPhone or iPad can take care of the rest. I had been waiting for this, but now it's pretty clear that I don't need it, I'll just make my requests of my iPad.

Apple's first foldable iPhone, with a book-style design featuring a 5.4-inch outer display and a 7.6-inch inner display with a minimal crease down the middle.