Apple Website Hints at Possible Siri AI Support for Full-Sized HomePod
Alt text for the full-sized HomePod image on Apple's order page mentions a multicolored Siri AI glow. The wording may point to future support, but Apple could also have published it by mistake.
Apple updated the HomePod mini but did not introduce a new full-sized HomePod. However, alt text for the larger speaker on Apple's order page now mentions a “multi-colored Siri AI glow on top.”
That wording could indicate plans to bring Siri AI to the full-sized HomePod. Apple has not confirmed the feature, and the text may have appeared on the website by mistake.
Siri AI is coming first to HomePod mini 2
The newly introduced HomePod mini 2 will support Siri AI, but not at launch. Apple says the feature will arrive in a future software update, without providing a timeframe.
Requests involving a user's personal context will require the HomePod mini 2 to be paired with an iPhone or iPad that supports Apple Intelligence.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman previously reported that Apple planned to update the full-sized HomePod eventually. Siri AI could be limited to a new speaker model, but Apple's final plans remain unknown.
What we know
- Apple's website mentions a Siri AI glow in alt text for the full-sized HomePod.
- The company did not update the larger HomePod when it introduced HomePod mini 2.
- Siri AI for HomePod mini 2 is planned for a future software update with no date given.
- Personal-context requests will require an Apple Intelligence-compatible iPhone or iPad.
Trust: Single source
- The story relies on one publisher. A second independent confirmation has not been established from the cited sources.
- Sources: MacRumors.
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