Create Surround Sound with Multiple HomePod minis
The original HomePod does have the ability to connect to another HomePod and create a “stereo pair” where you could play music out of both speakers at the same time, in the same room, to create a stereo sound effect.
We’ve seen this on other devices, notably the Google Nest Minis, but it has worked better here than on the HomePod for the simple reason that you need two of them. A Nest Mini is $50, and it’s not that difficult to buy two at once and set up a stereo system in your room. A HomePod is a few hundred bucks, so buying two just for stereo sound is much more costly.
But this handy pairing feature could get new life in the HomePod mini if Apple still includes the feature. The minis are expected to be far more affordable, and much easier to buy two (or more) at once to pair them for room-filling sound. Apple already has the capability, and it would be a huge waste not to make this a focus of the upcoming minis.