It really does look like that.
Apple wants to ditch "Space Grey" for good even if it's the same color/concept as "Midnight".
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Apple Releases HomePod Mini in New Midnight Color
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Apple wants to ditch "Space Grey" for good even if it's the same color/concept as "Midnight".
It’s the most annoying thing, having to rush to the web to read the results. “Well can you read them to me?”
their colors are very inconsistent. their original Midnight iPhones and iPads are not really black, its more blue black which his not what I'd prefer. I like their original silver, black, and space grey
Midnight is literally a worse color, nobody wants blue mixed into their dark gray. Give us separate blue and dark gray/black colors.
This reminds me of why I avoided Samsung phones so much when I used Android - their black was actually just dark blue for a very long time!
The point is Siri is the main character of HomePod. And it is useless. HomePod only does one thing well, sound. But you can get the same or better for the cost of the HomePod. When people buy HomePod they usually seem to be looking for more than just an airplay speaker. Many of us want it integrated into our day to day smart home lives but Siri is and always has been an absolute joke. Virtually no progression in more than a decade. Does Apple want to have a presence in the smart home or not? No one is forcing them but they choose to be there. And even then brand new (standard) HomePod isn’t compatible with Apple intelligence (AI). They didn’t come up with AI over night. I’m certain, though having no inside knowledge, that AI was in development when they launched the new HomePod last year. Many of us want to kick Alexa out the door and here we remain with a joke of an assistant. You say AI isn’t meant to be new Siri but old Siri is what so much of the customer base has been calling abysmal for so long, especially in the past few years. So I highly disagree that, in many aspects, this was not supposed to be an upgraded Siri.
Black, it seems, really is the new black.
I'm imagining Tim singing "I see a HomePod and I want it painted black. No colours anymore, I want them to turn black"
I'm imagining Tim singing "I see a HomePod and I want it painted black. No colours anymore, I want them to turn black"
This release is honestly an insult. A device we know won’t get new AI updates and will soon be a legacy device; that hasn’t gotten any major updates; hasn’t had any bugs fixed, is being refreshed with a new color?? What a joke!
To be entirely fair, what AI features will you be using on Homepod? Generating new emojis?
Moreover, we don't know how Apple plans to integrate Apple Intelligence with the smart home. Does it just talk to the server and do everything there? Does it connect to your iPhone or iPad to access Intelligence there?
Stop the presses! Apple have announced a new colour! Wait..... it replaces "the nearly-identical Space Gray color previously offered." oh well that's totally different.
In other news: Scientists have announced that water is indeed wet.
As Major as it gets, I suppose.
What would really draw my attention is to have a Mini with a detachable/upgrade-able cord *grr*
“Hey everyone, it’s Prime Day and everyone is buying cheap Alexa devices. What can we do to drive some excitement our way?”
“Hold my beer.”
“Hold my beer.”
I bought several minis when they were first released and I had constant problems with them. Conversely, I haven’t had any problems with the Homepods (2nd gen).
Lets be honest, space gray is probably the stupidest name they could every come up with.
I'm surprised so much stuff about this eh new color. Clearly, Apple had extra HomePod minis and material leftover lol.
Is there a new HPM due soon? had one a few years back- did not work well at all. "SORRY I CANNOT CONNECT AT THE MOMENT' or something. And it was set up right.