{"id":113765,"date":"2020-10-17T12:33:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T11:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=113765"},"modified":"2020-11-05T23:37:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T04:37:19","slug":"apple-homepod-gets-a-dolby-atmos-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/speakers\/apple-homepod-gets-a-dolby-atmos-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple HomePod gets a Dolby Atmos update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The new HomePod Mini was\u00a0<\/span>announced last<span>\u00a0night during the Apple Event &#8216;Hi, Speed&#8217;\u00a0.\u00a0However, the company has not forgotten the original HomePod, because the smart speaker will soon be getting a number of new functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Apple HomePod will soon receive a number of new functions via a firmware update.\u00a0As part of Apple&#8217;s new &#8216;Home Theater with Apple 4K&#8217;, you will soon be able to use the smart speaker to upgrade your home theater experience with virtual 2.1, 5.1, 7.1 and Dolby Atmos.\u00a0However, there is a big but in the story, because it only works if you watch content via Apple TV 4k.\u00a0So you can&#8217;t just connect your HomePod to your television.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That doesn&#8217;t have to be a big problem, however, as Apple TV supports a large number of streaming services, including Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney +.\u00a0Of course you need several of these speakers to really enjoy them optimally.\u00a0Do you only have one HomePod?\u00a0Then, according to Apple, you would be smart to place it in the middle in front of your television to serve as a center channel speaker.\u00a0Do you have two Apple HomePods?\u00a0Then it is wise to place it on both sides of your television.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Update in a few weeks<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Website\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-ambient.com\/news\/apple-homepod-dolby-atmos-surround-sound-2366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>The Ambient<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0has spoken with Apple.\u00a0So you can use multiple Apple speakers in a multiroom setup.\u00a0Unfortunately, the HomePod Mini and the original HomePod don&#8217;t work with each other in a stereo setup.\u00a0You need two identical models for that.\u00a0The update for the Apple HomePod should appear in a few weeks.\u00a0The update does not come for the smaller HomePod Mini.\u00a0The smaller model is not suitable for the upgrade and will therefore never receive support for Dolby Atmos.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new HomePod Mini was\u00a0announced last\u00a0night during the Apple Event &#8216;Hi, Speed&#8217;\u00a0.\u00a0However, the company has not forgotten the original HomePod, because the smart speaker will soon be getting a number of new functions. The Apple HomePod will soon receive a number of new functions via a firmware update.\u00a0As part of Apple&#8217;s new &#8216;Home Theater with [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/speakers\/apple-homepod-gets-a-dolby-atmos-update\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":113766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-113765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-speakers","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}