Apple HomePod 15 update details emerge, with speakers set to miss out on Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio

(Pocket-lint) - Though Apple positively ignored the smart home successful its astir caller September event, it appears to beryllium connected the verge of delivering a important bundle update for the HomePod and HomePod mini.

That's according to MacRumors, who suggest the HomePod 15 bundle update, concisely hinted astatine during WWDC21, is present being prepared for accomplishment from adjacent week - possibly alongside iOS 15 and watchOS 8 connected 20 September.

Per accusation gleaned from the Release Candidate mentation of HomePod 15, the outlet suggests that the update volition beryllium disposable for some HomePod and HomePod mini, and, isolated from the accustomed bug fixes and stableness improvements, there's plentifulness of change. 

The header diagnostic coming to the company's smaller astute speakers is the quality to acceptable a azygous oregon brace arsenic the default talker for Apple TV 4K, meaning you won't person to manually bypass your TV's ain speakers erstwhile you beryllium down to ticker something.

With the update, users volition person the quality to usage Siri to crook connected Apple TV, marque movie and TV amusement requests and power playback, too, with the dependable adjunct present besides capable to set its effect measurement based connected the country situation and speaking level of the user.

It's not conscionable TV-related updates that Apple is bringing to its astute speakers, either. Media playback controls volition present look automatically successful the iPhone fastener surface erstwhile a HomePod mini is playing nearby, portion users tin present tweak the bass level.

HomePod devices volition beryllium getting a spot smarter successful the existent location control, arsenic well. With HomePod 15, Siri volition beryllium capable to power astute location devices astatine circumstantial times (like turning disconnected lights successful 10 minutes, MacRumors say), with dependable power besides being extended to compatible HomeKit accessories.

For those who usage HomeKit Secure Video connected their astute information cameras, the caller update volition besides bring with it bundle detection, helping you rapidly place erstwhile a parcel is and is nary longer astatine your door.

So, successful short, the HomePod update is reasonably important - and that tin lone beryllium a bully happening for an country Apple has neglected somewhat successful caller years.

However, that doesn't mean the last mentation volition beryllium landing with each the features Apple initially offered to beta testers, with Apple Music Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos not rolling retired with HomePod 15. 

The institution has antecedently stated that these audio features volition onshore connected HomePod devices earlier the extremity of the year, though, truthful expect them successful 1 of the smaller releases to the caller bundle update.

Writing by Conor Allison. Originally published connected 16 September 2021.