Apple shares videos for HomeView, Apple TV 4K and HomePod Mini 2
Apple today shared four new videos on its YouTube channel highlighting the new HomeView smart home hub, fourth-generation Apple TV 4K, and HomePod mini 2.
The longest video, “Welcome Apple HomeView: Built for Life at Home,” follows a family through a busy morning. It shows Siri helping to retrieve a French toast recipe sent in Messages, locate misplaced keys and check on evening plans, alongside a FaceTime call with the grandparents.
A second, shorter HomeView video provides an overview of the device’s features, including personalized experiences for up to six users, FaceTime calling, Spatial Audio, and smart home controls. It also highlights the 7-inch Liquid Retina display and its customizable collection of display faces.
The HomePod mini 2 video focuses on the speaker’s sound and compact design, showing off its green, pink, blue, midnight and white finishes. It also promotes multiroom audio and Siri AI, which Apple says will come to HomePod mini 2 in a future software update.
The Apple TV 4K video highlights Dolby Vision and HDR10+ playback, hands-free Siri control using built-in microphones, and the ability to play audio to locate the updated Siri remote. Apple is also promoting the new quad-speaker surround sound setup, which supports HomePod mini 2 and second-generation HomePod speakers in matching front and rear pairs.
Today’s announcements also included the Apple Home Collection, a line of cameras, a door lock, thermostats and sensors developed with LG and Schneider.
HomeView, the new Apple TV 4K, and HomePod mini 2 are available for pre-order today. The HomePod mini 2 will launch on October 30, while the HomeView and the new Apple TV 4K will launch on November 13.
