Apple added three new colors – orange, yellow and blue – to the HomePod mini line-up together with the present white and area gray finishes within the newest replace for compact sensible speaker. The Cupertino tech big additionally introduced integrating its voice assistant Siri to its Apple Music service with the brand new Voice Plan value ₹49 per thirty days. All this may be out there in November, Apple mentioned throughout its Unleashed occasion on Monday, the place it launched the next-generation MacBook Professional with M1 Professional 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 relations in the home by way 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 yr, multi-user voice recognition by way of Siri will likely be out there in all areas the place HomePod mini is out there so everybody within the house can take pleasure in music curated particularly for them, entry private playlists, use Private Requests, and extra.
Siri will even robotically alter the talking quantity on HomePod mini primarily based on the room surroundings and quantity of the person. Siri will even assist various voice choices for English audio system within the US, so customers can select the voice that speaks to them proper from the beginning after they arrange their machine.
Multi-room audio with AirPlay 2 will give customers the choice to play completely different content material in several rooms of the home. This may want a number of HomePod units or AirPlay 2 suitable audio system, although.
In the meantime, the Voice plan will combine Siri with the Apple Music subscription, which is able to permit the voice assistant to curate playlists in actual time as per the person’s demand.
The HomePod Mini and Apple Music Voice plan will likely be out there in India and different areas later within the yr. The HomePod mini will likely be out there at ₹9,900.
Supply: Live Mint