{"id":44088,"date":"2024-07-15T13:44:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44088"},"modified":"2024-07-15T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T19:22:36","slug":"midnight-homepod-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/15\/midnight-homepod-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight HomePod mini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2024\/07\/15\/homepod-mini-midnight-color\/\">Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2024\/07\/15\/homepod-mini-midnight-color\/\">\n<p>Apple today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/apple-introduces-homepod-mini-in-midnight\/\">announced<\/a> that the existing HomePod mini is now available in a Midnight color option, which replaces the nearly-identical Space Gray color previously offered.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Apple first released the HomePod mini in November 2020, and it has yet to release a second-generation model of the speaker.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Caveat emptor:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple still advertises this as allowing &ldquo;iTunes music purchases&rdquo; as an audio source, though <a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/31\/homepod-late-adopter\/\">in practice<\/a> many purchases are not available.<\/li>\n<li>With a slow processor and not much RAM, it&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@marioguzman\/112791068429539692\">unlikely<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/112790712611229886\">to get<\/a> the next round of Siri and Apple Intelligence improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/08\/apple-intelligence-for-siri-in-spring-2025\/\">Apple Intelligence for Siri in Spring 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/31\/homepod-late-adopter\/\">HomePod Late Adopter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Update (2024-07-15): <a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2024\/07\/15\/homepod-mini-midnight\">John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2024\/07\/15\/homepod-mini-midnight\">\n<p>The bigger question: is this a sign that a HomePod Mini gen 2 isn&rsquo;t coming soon? The current models debuted in November 2020, and are powered by the S5 chip from Apple Watch Series 5.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Makes me wonder if Apple produced a bunch of space gray HomePod Minis all at once, when the product debuted, and has been waiting for them to sell out before switching to midnight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Rossignol: Apple today announced that the existing HomePod mini is now available in a Midnight color option, which replaces the nearly-identical Space Gray color previously offered. [&#8230;] Apple first released the HomePod mini in November 2020, and it has yet to release a second-generation model of the speaker. 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