Apple's home hardware is about to get a shake-up this fall. While the Apple TV gets a bit of a performance boost, the HomePod mini will get a bunch more Siri functionality.
Apple has long been rumored to be working on a new HomeHub, but other household tech will get updates soon. That includes the Apple TV and the HomePod mini.
According to Mark Gurman's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg on Sunday, Apple has sat on new hardware for the two models for months. Indeed, they're already being actively used by Apple employees at Apple Park.
The refreshed hardware has been held back from launch because of software. Apple apparently wants to ship them alongside the long-awaited revamp of Siri and new Apple Intelligence features, making them destined for a fall launch.
That said, the HomePod mini is suffering from limited availability, both online and at retail.
As for what's changing, the Apple TV won't get much of an update. A chip upgrade is almost certain, possibly with a slightly improved remote, but the Apple TV enclosure won't change.
The HomePod mini, meanwhile, will go through a similar internally-facing glow-up. Outside, it will look pretty identical to the current spherical model, but the S5 chip will be updated to something much newer.
While they will chiefly be spec-bump updates, the changes should also allow the models to work with new Apple Intelligence and Siri features.
