Apple has raised the price of the HomePod mini 2 to $149 in the US — up from $99 for the original, and bumped the Apple TV 4K to $299, up from $129 for the entry-level model just four months ago. Both devices launched at those higher prices in late June 2026, and Apple has not announced new hardware since.
The HomePod mini 2 is not a redesigned speaker: it retains the same form factor, chip, and audio architecture as its predecessor. There is no official confirmation of new features beyond what Apple quietly shipped with the June update. And no public spec sheet revision has been issued. What changed is the sticker: $50 more for the speaker, $170 more for the base TV box.
The jump is steeper when you stack them. As Daring Fireball’s John Gruber pointed out, buying a 128GB Apple TV 4K and two HomePod mini 2 units now costs $600, $250 more than the same bundle cost before late June. That’s nearly double the pre-increase total of $350. In India, Apple has not announced local pricing for either device.
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