Apple’s decision to exclude its custom silicon from the HomePod Mini 2 is a deliberate part of its tiered product strategy.

Apple launched the HomePod in February 2018 with a premium $349.00 price tag that matched the company's marketing angle, which presented the smart speaker as a music-first device with excellent sound ...

Like the HomePod mini 2, the Apple TV 4K 4 is also rumored to adopt the company’s in-house chip for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for ...

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It's been five years since Apple released the HomePod mini. Built on the failure of the original HomePod, the company thought that offering a cheaper model with modest sound quality could be a way to ...

Today Apple launched iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, among a variety of other new OS versions. Although HomePod version 26 contains far fewer updates and new features, it does offer three ...

Apple's new $349 HomePod sounds incredible and is the ultimate speaker for Apple Music subscribers, but it's also an excellent way to manage your HomeKit-compatible devices through Siri voice commands ...

Apple is preparing a wave of new products for 2026, including a folding iPhone, powerful new Macs, refreshed iPads and new ...

When Apple unveiled the new HomePod Mini last month (along with the iPhone 12 lineup) it introduced a litany of next-level features aimed at competing with Google Home, Nest Audio and Amazon's family ...

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TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.