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Comment by rcarr | Hacker News Reader

1. What is the difference between this and HomePod version 1? Because I'm struggling to see anything different to the original.

2. Does it come with a removable USB C cable or are you stuck with the stupid, permanently attached 1m cable that requires you to buy either power or USB C extension cables rather than just a longer usb c cable if you want to use it anywhere where there's not a socket?

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This is the HomePod full size, not the Mini; the power cable is a standard power cable... not a USB-C cable.

Differences vs. version 1 that I can see:

* Thread Hub capabilities

* Ultrawideband chip support, for locating devices

* Fewer microphones/speakers compared to v1

* Slightly lighter? Probably from fewer speakers.

Notably, the V1 HomePod was discontinued... so not a lot of that matters. You haven't been able to buy a V1 HomePod for awhile now.

> Ultrawideband chip support, for locating devices

Excuse me? Are you trying to find your fat, lost homepod or find other lost devices with the fat homepod?

It also (should) handoff a lot more seamless, as seen on the HomePod mini

It think it's mainly used for determining if your phone/ipad/whatever is close to the homepod so it can do the handoff of music seamlessly. The minis have it too, but the original homepod did not.

IIRC the power cable is not permanently attached it's just very strongly attached but removable

I mean, anything’s removable if you pull hard enough

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