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# Bring on My Long Desired HomePod Mini
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/bring-on-my-long-desired-homepod-mini/
- Published: 2020-10-06T00:13:44.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-06T00:13:44.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Apple Stops Selling Bose, Sonos, Logitech Speakers and Headphones (SONO, LOGI) - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-05/apple-stops-selling-rival-earphones-speakers-ahead-of-launches?ref=birchtree.me)

> The moves come as Apple develops multiple new products to expand on its audio strategy. The first Apple-branded over-ear headphones could be announced as early as this year, Bloomberg has reported. The company has also been working on a smaller version of its HomePod smart speaker.

No article I think I've ever written has gotten me so many “you don't understand Apple,” responses and [this piece](https://birchtree.me/blog/holiday-season-2018-homepod-mini/) from *November 2017* where I proposed Apple add a HomePod Mini to their lineup. I was told by many that if anything, the next HomePod product would be a *more expensive* HomePod because it was all about quality, and Apple didn’t care about anything down market.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2020/10/smart-speaker.png)

Since then, Apple has dropped the price of the HomePod $50 and there are strong rumors of a smaller HomePod and not a peep about a more expensive one in the near future. I don’t usually eat soup, but I’m gearing up to enjoy a lot of claim chowder later this month if this pans out.

Oh, and I’ll be first in line to get a mini or two of these things.