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PRESS RELEASE 13 October 2026

Apple announces the next generation of HomePod mini with beautiful new colors and even richer audio experiences

With new ways to enjoy music and a more immersive home theater experience, HomePod mini does more than ever before
HomePod mini 2 is displayed in white, blue, green, pink, and midnight.
Available in five beautiful colors, HomePod mini 2 features even richer audio experiences.
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced HomePod mini 2, featuring gorgeous new colors and even richer audio experiences. Users can enjoy room-filling audio with a single speaker, in a stereo pair, or using multiroom audio. When paired with the new Apple TV 4K, HomePod mini 2 supports four-speaker surround sound — Apple’s most immersive home theater setup yet. It can also serve as the default speaker for Mac, delivering more expansive audio for everything from movies to FaceTime calls. And HomePod mini makes it easy for different users to manage the connected home with just a voice command, securely controlling accessories and running automations.
HomePod mini 2 can be pre-ordered starting today in pink, green, blue, white, and midnight, with availability beginning Friday, October 30.
“HomePod mini is more delightful than ever,” said Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Home Product Marketing. “With beautiful new colors, incredible sound, and the power to control music, accessories, and your entire smart home with just your voice, HomePod mini is the ultimate speaker for every room.”
A group relaxes with HomePod mini 2 in the background.
HomePod mini 2 is the ultimate speaker, allowing users to control their entire smart home with just their voice.

Immersive Audio Experiences

HomePod mini delivers rich 360-degree sound from its compact footprint, whether it’s used as a single speaker, in a stereo pair, or as part of a multiroom audio setup. Powered by the Apple S10 chip and advanced computational audio, it analyzes music in real time to optimize dynamic range, loudness, and acoustic performance. For the first time, users can create a four-speaker surround sound experience with Apple TV 4K (4th generation) and HomePod mini 2. Together, the four speakers and the new Apple TV 4K intelligently recognize each speaker’s position in the room, so audio timing and levels are automatically calibrated to the space.1
A home theater setup with two HomePod (2nd generation) speakers in the front and two HomePod mini 2 speakers in the rear.
Users can create a four-speaker surround sound experience with HomePod mini 2 and Apple TV 4K (4th generation).
The new HomePod mini can serve as a speaker for Mac, delivering expansive sound for everything from movies and gaming to FaceTime and video calls.2 Finished in complementary colors, the new HomePod mini creates a beautifully unified desktop setup with Mac.
Two HomePod mini 2 speakers in pink alongside a coordinating iMac.
HomePod mini 2 can serve as the default speaker for Mac, delivering more expansive audio for everything from movies to FaceTime calls.

Introducing Sound Glow

With Sound Glow, the top of HomePod mini transforms into a visual canvas that glows and pulses in sync with the music, reacting in real time to bass and treble.3 The song’s album artwork from Now Playing generates a color-matched light experience that’s unique to every song, and users can pick a soundscape like rain to trigger bespoke animations for a soothing atmosphere.
With Sound Glow, the top of HomePod mini 2 becomes a visual canvas that glows and pulses in sync with music.

Effortless Smart Home Management

HomePod mini makes controlling the connected home easy at an incredible value. With just their voice, users can conduct a series of smart home actions, including locking the front door; closing the garage when leaving the house; and lowering the blinds, adjusting the thermostat, or turning off the lights at bedtime. With the Home app, users can automate their smart home accessories and create scenes to control multiple accessories at the same time. As a home hub, HomePod mini also lets users securely control accessories from the Home app on iPhone, whether they’re at home or away.4
iPhone 18 Pro displays the Home app interface.
At home or on the go, users can securely control smart home accessories with HomePod mini 2 using the Home app.
Sound Recognition gives HomePod mini users peace of mind by listening for a smoke or carbon monoxide alarm and, if one is detected, sending a notification immediately to the user’s iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Using the Home app, users can check in via HomePod mini and listen and talk to someone at home to make sure everything is all right.5
iPhone 18 Pro displays a Sound Recognition notification.
If a smoke or carbon monoxide alarm is detected, Sound Recognition sends a notification to the user’s iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
The new HomePod mini also works seamlessly with smart home accessories, including Apple Home Collection6 video doorbells and cameras, using Face Recognition to announce who is at the door.7

Private and Secure by Design

As with every Apple product, privacy and security are foundational to HomePod mini. When Siri is used, the audio of the request is not stored by default, giving users peace of mind that their privacy is protected at home.

HomePod mini 2 and the Environment

HomePod mini 2 is built with the environment in mind and drives progress toward Apple’s ambitious plan to be carbon neutral across its entire footprint by 2030. HomePod mini features 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100 percent recycled copper, gold plating, and tin solder in all Apple-designed printed circuit boards. HomePod mini 2 meets Apple’s high standards for energy efficiency and safe chemistry. As with all Apple products, its paper packaging is 100 percent fiber-based8 and designed to be recycled.
HomePod mini 2 in blue with an accompanying power cable.
HomePod mini 2 is built with the environment in mind and drives progress toward Apple’s plan to be carbon neutral across its entire footprint by 2030.
Pricing and Availability
  • Customers in the U.S. and more than 23 other countries and regions can pre-order HomePod mini 2 starting today from apple.com/store and in the Apple Store app in pink, green, blue, white, and midnight, with availability in stores beginning Friday, October 30.
  • HomePod mini 2 is available for $149 (U.S.).
  • HomePod mini 2 is compatible with HomePod software 27.2.
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  1. Home theater surround sound requires four HomePod mini 2 or HomePod (2nd generation) speakers in matching pairs (front and rear), paired with Apple TV 4K (4th generation) running the latest operating system software.
  2. This feature is supported on all Mac computers with Wi-Fi 6E or later and works with either a single HomePod or a stereo pair.
  3. Voice control for Sound Glow requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone running the latest software.
  4. Compatible smart home accessories sold separately.
  5. Sound Recognition may detect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm sounds and send you notifications when recognized. Sound Recognition should not be relied upon in circumstances where you may be harmed or injured, or in high-risk or emergency situations. Sound Recognition requires the updated Home architecture, which is available as a separate update in the Home app. It requires all Apple devices that access the home to be using the latest software.
  6. Apple Home Collection will be available starting in December, with select accessories available starting in early 2027. Apple Home Collection accessories require an iPhone running the latest operating system software for NFC pairing. Additional features vary by accessory and require a compatible home hub such as Apple HomeView, HomePod, or Apple TV.
  7. Requires HomeKit Secure Video with Face Recognition turned on.
  8. Breakdown of U.S. retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks, and coatings are excluded from Apple’s calculations.

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Luna Ayoub

Apple

layoub@apple.com