The bigger HomePod costs $200 more and adds Spatial Audio and room sensing. The $149 mini 2 has the newer Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Comparison
Apple Watch Series 12 vs Apple Watch Series 7: Five Years On, Everything That Changed
Five years separate Apple Watch Series 7 from Series 12, and in that time Apple has changed the chip four times, doubled peak brightness from 1000 to 2000 nits, moved from 41 mm and 45 mm cases to 42 mm and 46 mm, added temperature, depth and water temperature sensors, and raised the battery rating…
Apple Watch Series 12 vs Apple Watch Series 8: watchOS 27 Drops Series 8, So Is It Time to Upgrade?
Apple Watch Series 8 is not on Apple’s watchOS 27 compatibility list, which starts at Series 9, so the 2022 watch stops at watchOS 26 while Series 12 launches with the new software, an S11 chip, a 2000-nit display, new heart sensors and a 24-hour battery rating. The starting price is unchanged at $399, the…
Apple Watch Series 12 vs Apple Watch Series 9: Three Years, Two Chip Generations and a New Sensor Stack
Apple Watch Series 12 is two chip generations ahead of the 2023 Series 9, moving from the S9 to the S11, and it adds a new Health Sensing System, a depth gauge, a 24-hour battery rating instead of 18, and 42 mm and 46 mm cases in place of 41 mm and 45 mm, all…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 vs Apple Watch Series 11: Last Year's $399 Watch or the New $799 One
Apple Watch Ultra 4 costs $799 and Apple Watch Series 11 launched at $399 a year ago, so the question is whether the S11 chip, 50-hour battery, 100 m water resistance and satellite messaging are worth $400 over last year’s mainstream watch. They are if you hike, dive, run long distances or hate charging; if…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 vs Apple Watch Ultra 2: 36 to 50 Hours, S9 to S11 and Satellite Added
Apple Watch Ultra 4 raises the battery rating from the Ultra 2’s 36 hours to 50, moves two chip generations from the S9 to the S11, adds satellite messaging that Ultra 2 never had, charges to 80 percent in about 45 minutes instead of about an hour, and keeps the $799 price Apple set for…
Apple Watch Series 12 vs Apple Watch Series 10: S10 to S11, New Heart Sensors and 24 Hours of Battery, Two Years Apart
Apple Watch Series 12 keeps the 42 mm and 46 mm sizes and the $399 starting price of the Series 10, but replaces the S10 chip with the S11, adds a Health Sensing System that reads heart rate every five seconds, and raises Apple’s battery rating from 18 hours to 24. Series 10 stays on…