Apple Tests Four-HomePod Surround System for Apple TV 4K

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Apple appears to be working on an expansion of the HomePod, where four speakers can be used with the Apple TV 4K for true surround sound.

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Apple is planning new possibilities for existing HomePods and wants to bring Siri AI to new models. Additionally, new home accessories are apparently planned.

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Apple apparently plans to convert the stereo-capable homepod into a system that can output surround sound. These conclusions allow findings in the code of the seventh beta of audioOS 27, the system that controls homepods. As reported in the forum of Macrumors the user pdfu, there are 27 references in the tuning files of audioOS to an arrangement of four homepods, with positions in the front left, front right, rear left and rear right. The front …