HomePod 2nd Generation

• The HomePod 2 Teardown: Small Changes Make a Big Difference

The 2023 HomePod is Apple's second generation of their fully-sized smart speaker released on January 18, 2023. Several notable changes include the addition of the new S7 SoC, humidity, temperature, and sound recognition sensors, and upgrade to Wi-Fi 802.11n with MIMO. Apple did downgrade the HomePod to 5 Tweeters, and 4 microphones.

The new price point for the HomePod is $299 USD.

• 6.6" (168 mm) x 5.6" (142 mm)
• 5.16 lbs (2.3 kg)

• 4" woofer with 20 mm p-p excursion, with custom amplifier
• Horn-loaded, five beam-forming tweeter array, each with custom amplifier
• Four beam-forming microphone array
• Internal low-frequence microphone for woofer calibration

• + and - for volume up and down
• Hold for Siri
• Tap to play/pause music
• Double-tap to skip forward
• Triple-tap to skip backward

• 802.11n Wi-Fi with MIMO
• Direct guest access
• Bluetooth 5.0

• Accelerometer
• Humidity and temperature
• Sound Recognition

• Apple HomePod 2nd Gen Specs
• Apple Newsroom article
• Wikipedia: HomePod