Why did you push HomePod 2 after stopping production in the first generation? Apple says consumers like large loudspeakers with powerful functions and excellent sound quality

CTOnews.com, February 3 (Xinhua)-- Apple announced in March 2021 that it would stop producing the original HomePod and said its development would focus on the lower-cost HomePod mini. But nearly two years later, Apple's second-generation HomePod went on sale today at a domestic price of 2299 yuan. So why did you launch HomePod 2 after the first generation of discontinued production? Apple officially responded.

In a conference call in the first quarter of fiscal 2023, Apple executives said that one of the main reasons for launching HomePod 2 was that consumers liked large speakers with powerful features and excellent sound quality, so they re-examined their decision to stop production of the original HomePod model.

CTOnews.com learned that in an interview with foreign technology media TechCrunch, an Apple spokesman said: "through our research on customers, we found that they prefer large loudspeakers with powerful functions and excellent sound quality."

Matthew Costello, Apple's vice president of hardware engineering and operations, said:

We realized many shortcomings of the product from the original HomePod and HomePod mini. Therefore, in the second generation of HomePod, we further improve and improve in many aspects.

After pairing the two speakers, it is most important to match the audio characteristics to produce the best audio output. The new HomePod provides the immersive, room-filled sound that users love, providing more detail, clarity and layers than the original HomePod.