The HomePod speaker: a model of electrical frugality according to Apple

L’Apple
HomePodis now available
for pre-order, in the United States only for now. Apple in
took the opportunity to put online its report related to the environment about the
beast. This report is
available herein English, via the pagededicated to the environment at
Apple. We learn, for example, that the speaker is particularly
low energy consumption, particularly in consumption-based mode,
and evenhalf as power-hungry as the One speaker
Sonos:

In 230V, the Apple HomePod is announced with a consumption of
9.25 W playing music at 50% volume. In the
report, the Cupertino company makes the link with the consumption of a light bulb
LED and boasts of offering a speaker that consumes less activity than one
of these lightings which are nevertheless recognized as having very little consumption
of electricity.

If we make the comparison with a speaker of the same type, like the
One by Sonos, which is also WiFi connected and listening to
the user since integrating the Alexa voice assistant, the HomePod makes
much better, especially in low consumption mode.

Only1,76 Ware consumed by the HomePod in this
mode, while Siri and WiFi remain active, while for the speaker
Sonos are3,8 Wwhich are consumed in a mode
equivalent of inactivity, more than twice as much.

Apple also highlights the fact that the speaker does not contain any
so-called “flame retardant” material, suspected of havingeffects
harmful to health.

Finally, still according to the Cupertino company, the packaging of the speaker
made of paper consists only offibers from so-called forests
"responsible", where timber management and tree planting are
made in an intelligent and environmentally friendly manner.

Find the complete environmental report about the Apple HomePod

over here in English.

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