HomePod was launched today for pre-order by the Apple company, and those from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), continue to amaze with the revelations they make for their new smart speaker. Providing information on HomePod's power consumption, Apple claims that it consumes less electricity than a normal LED bulb, when listening to music through it.
According to Apple, the HomePod consumes 8.69W when connected to a 100V socket, 8.74W when connected to a 115V socket and 9.25W when connected to a 230V socket. An A-series LED bulb consumes 9-10W during use, so even in Romania the HomePod smart speaker will generate a lower energy consumption than that of a normal LED bulb.
Here we are talking about the situations in which the HomePod plays music for us, because when it goes into stand-by, the consumption is reduced to 1.71W - 1.76W, so extremely low. Apple claims that the HomePod goes into standby after 8 minutes of inactivity, but it does not turn off, but remains in a kind of low power mode, low consumption mode, to listen to commands for Siri and possibly monitor the presence of nearby phones to.
HomePod should not be a problem for users in terms of electricity consumption, the need to keep it running is surprisingly small. The HomePod has recently been praised for its exceptional audio quality and the fact that it makes you feel like you're at a concert, so it remains to be seen what Apple's first customers will think.
