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Apple discontinued the original HomePod in 2021, but it hasn’t spent the intervening two years doing a radical redesign. Both are fabric-covered cylinders with a circular touchscreen on top, albeit that this second iteration panel illuminates almost to the edges.
There are two other physical changes, one being that the power cord is detachable. The bottom is now made of plastic rather than silicone, but it will still stain wood furniture (as I