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📺 And the last for today – Apple unveils the next-generation Apple TV 4K Apple Intelligence and Siri AI support, powered by the A19 chip: up to 50% faster performance and up to 2× better graphics. 🎙 Far-field microphones let you talk to Siri with no remote at all. 🎞 New dedicated AV1 decoder: high-quality streaming using less bandwidth. 🔎 The 4th-gen Siri Remote adds Find My support and sound playback, making it easy to locate. 🔊 Paired with four HomePod mini 2 or HomePod (2nd gen) speakers, it delivers Apple’s best home theater experience yet. 🏠 As a home hub: Apple Intelligence camera event descriptions and summary notifications in the Home app. 💾 128 GB storage 💰 $299, available November 13 🎛 Siri Remote sold separately: $59 @iPhone

🗞 Apple unveils HomePod mini 2 🔈 The compact speaker gets the S10 chip, improved sound, and support for the new Siri AI, which understands context much better and holds natural conversations. Siri AI will arrive later via a software update. What’s new: • Sound Glow: the top surface glows and pulses in sync with your music • 360° audio and spatial sound: use a single speaker, a stereo pair, or multiroom • Home theater: paired with the new Apple TV 4K, it delivers surround sound from four speakers • Default speaker for Mac: for movies and FaceTime calls • Smart home: voice control of accessories and automations, plus alerts on iPhone, iPad, and Watch when an alarm or smoke is detected 🎨 Colors: white, pink, green, blue, and midnight 💰 From $149 📅 Available to order from October 30 @iPhone

🆕 Apple HomeView works with the new Home Collection: Cameras, thermostats and a lock, made with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, plus other Apple Home and Matter accessories. What it does: • Control your smart home by touch or by voice with Siri AI • With iCloud+, end-to-end encrypted recognition of people, familiar faces, pets, packages and vehicles, so you know the moment someone’s at your door • Video descriptions in HomeKit Secure Video summarize a clip without watching it • Detects smoke and CO alarms and alerts you on iPhone, iPad or Watch 📆 Accessories arrive later this year. @iPhone

🆕 Apple HomeView 🔥 🏠 New smart home hub packs a 7-inch Liquid Retina display with up to 500 nits of peak brightness. For bedside use, users can dim it all the way down to just 0.3 nits, so it won’t light up the whole room at night. 🔎 The A18 chip, the same one that powers the base iPhone 16. Price: $299. @iPhone

📱 iPhone Duo at Apple Stores 🏪 When you buy a Duo you’ll be able to set up a personalized welcome screen for first launch with the buyer’s (or gift recipient’s) name, like “Hello, [Name]”. ℹ️ According to Mark Gurman, for now this will only be available in the US, only on iPhone Duo, and only in English and Spanish. @iPhone