With the release of iOS 11.3 official version, Apple's smart home speaker HomePod also received the first system update. However, this involves a large change in sound quality has been the user Tucao: Bass reduced too much.
Apple only mentions “conventional stability and sound quality improvement” in HomePod’s update log. It is an understatement. But users have posted in forums such as Reddit that it actually changed HomePod’s DSP manager or reset the equalizer ( EQ) algorithm.
The user believes that in the new firmware, Apple has strengthened the midrange, but bass has dropped significantly compared to the same period last year. This change has reduced HomePod's impact on music and it sounds even more boring.
Although this change is not decisive, HomePod was originally clean, and the strong bass was well received by many media organizations in the evaluation. Taking into account the EQ of the HomePod smart speaker can not be manually adjusted, such a large change in sound quality will inevitably cause intense discussion. And controversy.
Even so, many users have come up with completely contradictory views: The new firmware has improved bass fidelity and loudness. In addition, some users said that they did not hear any obvious difference. This is no wonder, after all, the sound quality is easily felt. Subjective factors and the impact of the playing environment.
If the user does not like the sound quality of the new firmware, the only way currently is to open the Home application on the iPhone and iPad and disable the automatic update of HomePod.
