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Apple, this time also have to wait six years? The company will not release a new HomePod mini model anytime soon
Apple has introduced a new HomePod smart speaker, but is not going to release a new HomePod mini model.
This was announced by well-known Bloomberg journalist and insider Mark Gurman. By the way, he also spoke about the imminent announcement of a new HomePod model a day before the presentation.
After the debut of the new full-sized HomePod, many users began to ask about the upgrade of the younger model. But at this point, I don’t believe that Apple is actively working on such a product. The latest HomePod doesn’t include any major new features that the $99 mini version doesn’t already have, so there’s no obvious reason to upgrade the model. Of course, it would be nice to get more colors, a lower price, better sound and microphones, but the real improvements probably need to be made on the back-end – with Siri and app integration.
Thus, it is unlikely that we should expect a new HomePod mini anytime soon. However, smart speakers in general are quite conservative devices within their class, since there is simply nothing to change dramatically every year or two.
Recall that the large HomePod model changed generations almost six years after its release. And HomePod mini came out in 2020, so Apple may well not update it for another two or three years.
Honor from the Huawei ecosystem has introduced the new Honor X8a smartphone, which belongs to the inexpensive price range, to the international market.
Honor X8a is available in three body colors. In the UK, it’s on sale for £220 ($266) for the 6GB RAM, 128GB RAM version. When pre-ordering before February 14, the user receives the Honor Band 6 fitness bracelet for free.
The smartphone is equipped with a 6.7-inch Full HD + (2388 x 1080 pixels) LCD display with a frame rate of 90 Hz, a 16 MP front camera, a main triple camera (100 MP, 5 and 2 MP), MediaTek Helio G88 SoC, battery 4500mAh with 22.5W charging support. There is a side fingerprint scanner.
The Android 12 operating system with the MagicUI 6.1 shell is installed on the smartphone. 4G LTE, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.1, NFC are supported.
Apple has released a software update for the MagSafe Duo charging station.
While Apple frequently releases firmware updates for most of its hardware, this is the first release since the MagSafe Duo officially debuted in 2020.
It’s not yet clear exactly what the firmware update does, as Apple hasn’t provided any release notes, but the latest firmware usually includes performance and security improvements, as well as increased compatibility with other devices.
The charging station will update automatically when it is in use and connected to the mains.
MagSafe Duo lets you charge your iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time and costs $129 in the US.
Many have heard claims that Windows 11 is heavily “spying” on users. As a recent YouTube video on The PC Security Channel shows, Windows 11 does send massive amounts of data to its own and third-party servers.
Worst of all, the OS does this before the user even installs or opens their first app. The author of the channel used the Wireshark application to analyze network activity on two “clean” versions of Windows.
The first was the brand new Windows 11, and the second was the good old Windows XP. A quick analysis revealed that Windows 11 connects to many third-party servers and services, most of which do nothing but track for ads. And it’s worth noting that all of these actions take place on every Windows 11 computer out of the box, without prompting the user and before he tries to use the Internet.
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