Audio Technology

• 4-inch high-excursion woofer
• Array of five horn-loaded tweeters, each tweeter with its own neodymium magnet
• Internal low-frequency calibration microphone for automatic bass correction
• Advanced computational audio with system sensing for real-time tuning
• Room sensing
• Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos for music and video2
• Four-microphone design for far-field Siri
• Sound Recognition for smoke and carbon monoxide alarm sounds3
• Multiroom audio with AirPlay4
• Stereo pair capable5

Audio Sources

• Apple Music
• iTunes music purchases
• iCloud Music Library with an Apple Music or iTunes Match subscription
• Third-party music services
• Apple Music Radio or episodes on demand
• Radio stations from TuneIn
• Apple Podcasts
• News briefings
• Remastered ambient sounds
• AirPlay to share other content to HomePod from iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac

Touch Controls

• Tap
  Play/Pause
• Double-tap
  Skip
• Triple-tap
  Skip back
• Touch and hold
  Siri
• Tap or hold or –
  Volume up/down

Sensors

• Temperature and humidity8
• Accelerometer

Features include:

• Touch Accommodations
• Siri
• VoiceOver
• Home app and HomeKit
• Intercom transcriptions

Wireless

• 802.11n Wi-Fi
• Peer-to-peer discovery for easy guest access
• Bluetooth 5.0
• Thread
• Ultra Wideband chip for device proximity

System Requirements

• HomePod with the latest version of software
• iPhone SE (2nd generation or later) or iPhone 8 or later with the latest version of iOS; or iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation or later), iPad Air (3rd generation or later), or iPad mini (5th generation or later) with the latest version of iPadOS
• 802.11 Wi-Fi internet access