Costco Wholesale has for their
Members: Apple HomePod 2nd Gen Smart Speaker Pre-Order (White or Midnight) for
$289.99. Shipping is $2.99.
Thanks to Community Member
Andy_1234 for sharing this deal.
- Note: This product is available for Presell, and is expected to ship between 02/03/2023 and 03/10/2023.
About this Item:
- 1 x 4" Woofer & 5 x Beamforming Tweeters
- Place HomePod Anywhere with Room Sensing
- Siri Built-In for Voice Control
- Control Playback & Smart Home Devices
- Compatible with Matter and Thread
- Sound, Temperature & Humidity Sensors
- Schedule Tasks & Create Automations
- Link Two HomePods for Stereo Sound
- Whole Home Audio with Multiple HomePods
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- Both Gen 1 and Gen 2 has no Spotify native software support. (Spotify connects through Airplay, which means Siri cannot communicate back and forth with the Spotify App)
- Gen 1 (2018) pricing was cut down due to lackluster sales from $349 to $299 then later discontinued in 2021. Pricing rumors had it start at $199. But Gen 2 (2023) pricing is at $299, again.
- Gen 2 has the S7 chip which Apple shares usage for their Apple watch series. The S7 shares the same SoC architecture with Apple Watch S6, S7 and S8 series. These are based off the A13 bionic chip. For context, the same A13 bionic chip is in the iPhone 11 (2020), iPhone SE 2nd Gen (2020), and iPad 9th Gen (2021). HomePod Gen 1 had the A8 chip, which was a powerful chip at that time but now discontinued.
- Supports Bluetooth 5.0
- Gen 1 had WiFi 5. Gen 2 has WiFi 4.
- Gen 1 had 7 tweeters and Gen 2 has 5.
- Gen 1 had 6 mics and Gen 2 has 4.
- Slightly shorter and noticeably lighter than Gen 1.
- New color Midnight available on the Gen 2.
- Gen 2 has the new temperature and humidity sensors, in which the HomePod Mini will also acquire through a software update. Temp and humidity hardware on the HomePod Mini was secretly available. HomePod Gen 1 support is unknown.
- Listens and sends alert based on Smoke and Monoxide alarms.
- Full-screen, and now bigger display located at the top of the device compared to Gen 1.
- No headphone jack.
- Thread support.
- Matter compatible.
- Dolby Atmos capable.
- Gen 2 has now a detachable power cord.
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If you're using any type of rewards card (like the Apple Card which gives 3% back) then it makes up the difference.
I highly recommend it (especially in Stereo mode) for music lovers (I don't not use Siri; just purely for listening pleasure over Apple airplay).
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