{"id":376216,"date":"2026-04-05T11:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376216\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:56:08","slug":"homepod-mini-is-now-2000-days-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376216\/","title":{"rendered":"HomePod Mini Is Now 2,000 Days Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/homepod-mini\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePod mini<\/a> today reached a notable milestone, marking 2,000 days since its introduction in October 2020, an unusually long lifespan for an Apple hardware product that has yet to receive a second-generation refresh.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/homepod-mini-thumb-feature.jpg\"   alt=\"homepod mini thumb feature\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-770560\"\/><br \/>Apple unveiled the \u200cHomePod mini\u200c at its iPhone 12 event on October 13, 2020, positioning it as a smaller and more affordable alternative to the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/homepod\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePod<\/a>. The device launched at just $99, with pre-orders beginning November 6 and availability following on November 16.  <\/p>\n<p>Unlike the original \u200cHomePod\u200c, which emphasized premium audio at a higher price point, the \u200cHomePod mini\u200c was designed as a mass-market smart speaker that could be deployed throughout the home at comparatively low cost. Apple described it as delivering &#8220;amazing sound&#8221; alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/siri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siri<\/a> functionality and smart home control, with a compact spherical design that enabled 360-degree audio.  <\/p>\n<p>The \u200cHomePod mini\u200c is powered by the Apple S5 chip, the same processor used in the Apple Watch Series 5, and features a single full-range driver, dual passive radiators, and a four-microphone array. It supports 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, Ultra Wideband for proximity-based features, and Thread networking, allowing it to function as a smart home hub.  <\/p>\n<p>Apple expanded the available colors in 2021, adding blue, yellow, and orange options to the original white and space gray finishes, and later replaced space gray with a similar &#8220;midnight&#8221; variant. Beyond these cosmetic updates, the underlying hardware has remained unchanged, making the \u200cHomePod mini\u200c one of the longest-running Apple devices without a specification revision.  <\/p>\n<p>Apple is widely expected to release a second-generation \u200cHomePod mini\u200c sometime soon, and the most consistent expectation is a move to a newer chip in place of the current S5, which should improve responsiveness, computational audio performance, and headroom for future \u200cSiri\u200c features. A second-generation Ultra Wideband chip and Apple&#8217;s N1 Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip are also possibilities. <\/p>\n<p>The new \u200cHomePod mini\u200c was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/22\/new-apple-tv-and-homepod-mini-remain-ready\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;ready&#8221; to launch<\/a> since late last year. Now, the device is said to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/09\/apple-tv-4k-new-homepod-launch-timing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;on hold&#8221; until Apple releases its more personalized version of Siri<\/a> later this year. The revamped assistant is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/24\/ios-27-siri-overhaul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expected to debut in iOS 27<\/a>, which will be available in beta starting in June and should be released to all users with a compatible iPhone in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s HomePod mini today reached a notable milestone, marking 2,000 days since its introduction in October 2020, an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[108585,85,46,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-376216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-homepod-mini","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}