HomePod is about to get free upgrade with these new features

Apple unveiled three new Home products this week: HomeView, HomePod mini 2, and a new Apple TV 4K. While there’s no new full-size HomePod launching, Apple did announce three features coming to the existing HomePod 2 via a free software update. HomePod is about to get free upgrade with these new features.

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Apple’s HomeView software license agreement refers to the HomeView as a "HomePodDevice" in one section. This is surely a placeholder name from a draft version of the agreement that Apple forgot to replace in the final version, and it reveals that Apple unsurprisingly views the HomeView as a HomePod-like device.

Google Wallet may get much smarter at adding passes and managing your payments thanks to these upcoming changes. Google Wallet may be getting ready for 2 major new features.

Xreal’s latest pair of AR glasses brings some big improvements on the display front while keeping the same $599 starting price. The key upgrade on the brand-new Xreal 1 Pro+ is its 1200 nits peak brightness, which is up from 700 nits on its predecessor.

On a related note, Apple’s legal website has two other agreements titled "HomePodOS 26" and "HomePodOS 27," even though Apple refers to the platform as simply "HomePod software" in those documents and elsewhere. It may be the closest we get to homeOS.

The new model now supports 60fps 2D to 3D conversion, up from 30fps on the Xreal 1 Pro, and this should directly translate to livelier spatial content. You get the same-sized 0.55-inch Sony Micro-OLED panels on the inside with 1920×1200 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate.

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Xreal is advertising a new AI HDR feature, which should… Xreal 1 Pro+ launches with brighter display and same price as predecessor.

Xreal 1 Pro+ launches with brighter display and same price as predecessor – com news ADVERTISEMENT Xreal 1 Pro+ launches with brighter display and same price as predecessor Post your comment Comments (2) Michail 16 October 2026 Xreal AR Xreal’s latest pair of AR glasses brings some big improvements on the display front while keeping the same $599 starting price. You still get a 57-degree field of view with a 34–556-inch virtual-size range and native 3DoF (three degrees of freedom) support for spatial viewing.

The internals are headlined by the X1 spatial computing chip with 3ms M2P latency. The glasses come with an updated nose pad design with a broader contact area, which reportedly be more stable and comfortable for long-term use.