📺 tvOS 27.2 is HERE! Here’s what’s new for Apple TV 4K! Apple has released tvOS 27.2, bringing several new features, improvements and some exciting additions on the horizon. ✨ What’s new? 🌍 Screen Saver Shuffle – Automatically cycle between Aerials, Snoopy, Portraits, Memories and Slideshows. 🔎 Find My Siri Remote – Locate your Siri Remote (2nd generation or later) directly through the Find My app on your iPhone. 👤 Enhanced Profiles – New profile characters from Snoopy, Frog & Toad and Stillwater, alongside expanded Apple TV app profiles on iPhone and iPad. 🤟 Sign Language Support – Select Apple TV movies and shows now support British Sign Language (BSL) and American Sign Language (ASL). 🎵 Apple Music – A refreshed app icon 🏠 And there’s more coming! 🗣️ Siri AI – A more intelligent and conversational Siri experience is coming to supported Apple TV 4K models. 🔊 HomePod Surround Sound – The upcoming 4th-generation Apple TV 4K will support four compatible HomePods, with two front and two rear speakers for a true surround sound experience. The update is available now for Apple TV 4K (2nd generation and later).

🚨 HomePod 27.2 is HERE! And it brings FOUR new features! Apple has released HomePod software 27.2, bringing some exciting new features to HomePod and HomePod mini. ✨ Sound Glow – The top of your HomePod now comes alive with colours and animations that react to your music, matching the album artwork. Available on HomePod 2nd generation and both HomePod mini models. 🔒 Lock Controls – You can now disable the touch controls on top of your HomePod. Perfect for stopping accidental touches from children or pets! 💻 Mac Audio Output – Set a HomePod or stereo pair as your Mac’s default speakers without having to reconnect through AirPlay each time. Requires a Mac with Wi-Fi 6E or later. 🔊 Four-Speaker Surround Sound – Coming November 13 with the new Apple TV 4K! Connect four compatible HomePods for an immersive surround sound experience, with automatic room calibration. I’ve been testing Sound Glow, and it’s one of those small Apple details that makes a big difference! 📲 You can install HomePod 27.2 now through the Apple Home app. Which feature are you most excited to try?

Orange has been my favourite HomePod mini colour ever since it launched. But I think the new green might have just stolen the top spot! 💚

First the iPhone Duo on launch day and now this. Jealously and being happy for someone is a confusing emotion 😂

It’s the little things that make the Apple experience magical Setting up a HomePod mini is such a seamless experience. From the moment you bring your iPhone close, everything just works. It’s those small, thoughtful details that make the Apple experience feel special.

John Ternus watching F1 from the Ferrari garage in Austin.

🔊 NEW IN iOS 27.2 – HomePod Sound Glow! ✨ With the upcoming release of iOS 27.2, Apple is introducing a new setup step for HomePod that allows users to enable Sound Glow during the setup process 🎶 What is Sound Glow? Sound Glow brings a new visual experience to HomePod, with lighting that reacts to your music and reflects the colours of the album artwork, Podcasts and AirPlay Content. Creating a more immersive experience using light. Sound Glow will be available on: • HomePod (2nd generation) • HomePod mini (1st generation) • HomePod mini (2nd generation)

The iPhone Duo is absolutely incredible with Apple Home🤯📱 The Apple Home app is a perfect example. You get the best of both worlds — the familiar iPhone layout when you want something quick and simple, or the more expansive iPad-style experience when you want to see and control more of your smart home. It’s all about how you want to interact with your devices, rather than having to adapt to the screen. This is Apple at its best.

🏎️🏁 Apple Maps gets an F1 upgrade for the United States Grand Prix! 🇺🇸 Apple has once again given Maps an incredible level of detail for this weekend’s @F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas! Explore the circuit in stunning 3D, with impressive attention to detail, including grid boxes, driver stopping markers, kerbs, turn numbers and key points around the track. 🏎️ And it’s not just about the racing! If you’re heading to @COTA this weekend, Apple Maps has everything you need to navigate the circuit and explore Austin. 📲 Top tip: Don’t forget to download the area in Apple Maps for offline use before heading to the track, especially with thousands of fans attending! Apple really does go the extra mile with these F1 circuit experiences.

HomePod Mini Sound Glow Feature

If you have not watched Tenzing on Apple TV. Go watch it!

John Lewis would be proud of this Christmas advert 😂

The new LG indoor camera will use HomeKit Secure Video’s recording options to control its physical privacy tilt feature. When someone arrives home, the camera can automatically stop recording and tilt down, providing clear visual reassurance that it’s no longer capturing video. The beauty of this approach is that everything is managed entirely through Apple Home. As part of the Apple Home Collection, there’s no third-party apps or services, so you don’t have to worry about footage being recorded or stored on another platform. While this feature is currently associated with LG’s camera, it’s possible Apple will open up functionality to other camera manufacturers.

The negativity surrounding Apple’s new smart home products over the last few days has been insane. Yes, the new Apple TV 4K is very expensive and has possibly priced a lot of people out. Yes, there are questions about the HomePod mini 2, especially the delay to Siri AI And when it comes to the HomeView, we’ve barely seen what it’s actually capable of if honest. Then there’s the new Apple Home Collection, it’s expansive on the face. But how does the hardware perform against similar and cheaper priced kit? But I think we need to keep an open mind. Despite all the “hands-on” coverage, nobody has really had the opportunity to live with these products, test them properly or see how they perform in a real environment. I’m not saying Apple has got everything right, and I’m certainly not going to defend. But equally, I’m not going to write these products off before I’ve even used them. I’ll be reserving judgement until I’ve spent some proper time with them. There’s plenty of time to praise or criticise them once we actually know what they’re like.