HomePad Mini and AirPods, while other devices such as iPhones and CarPlay receive such message notifications.
As always, Apple has taken privacy into account in HomePad Mini. The company will only store your audio if you allow it to. Your personal updates will be delivered to you at home and everything will be encrypted. The device will work with Apple Music, iHeartRadio, radio.com and TuneIn.
In the future it will also support Pandora and Amazon Music.
Volume, play and pause can be controlled with controls on the HomePad Mini’s backlit touch-sensitive touchpad. The HomePad Mini supports 360-degree sound and can be connected to multiple HomePad Minis.
The HomePad Mini has an Apple S5 chip that enables computational audio. This means the speaker adjusts constant loudness and dynamic range in real-time. It’s coming to iPhones later this year with the U1 UWB. will work and detect when your phone is near the HomePad Mini.
The HomePad Mini will be available in white and space gray colors. Pre-orders for the HomePad Mini will begin on November 6 for $99, while delivery will begin on November 16.
