Apple HomePod 2 Teardown / Disassembly (New Inside)

Teardown on the new Apple HomePod 2. 2nd Generation Early 2023.
This year the teardown is much easier and it seems that parts are decently replaceable.
1 Woofer, 5 Tweeters, Temperature Sensor, Humidity Sensor, Touch Panel, etc.
T6 Torx, T3 Torx, and T5 Torx drivers are needed for disassembly.

[SaiyanPoy]

Glad to see someone who knows what they’re doing rather than unsophisticatedly cutting it in half like the other guy.

[zollotech]

Great teardown. Those pads on the bottom are probably for programming in the factory.

[afire]

謝謝你，我用這部影片拆除了半夜會起肖的homepod 2代觸控面板排線，可以安心入睡了

[Andrew-bexq]

Those gold contact points would be the diagnostic contact points that they would use to determine issues with the HomePod, just like the Apple Watch series 7 and 8.

Also, amazing video

[ahoog]

I have to say that, upon watching this excellent teardown, I have a new appreciation for the engineering that went into developing this product.

[ericb.]

It’s safe to say this man is very professional.

[WhoWeAre]

Well done, sir! You did an excellent job tearing down the new HomePod. I don’t believe I would have the guts to do this, haha. Very clean video, sound and a great explanation of your descent all the way through till the bottom.

[chubapapi]

Didn't expect, when you removed the mesh, for the HomePod to look like that... I thought the mesh was covering the holes of the speaker on the outside of the HomePod... But yeah, satisfying vid, got yourself a new sub 👍🏻

[aris]

I'm a little amazed that that thing lets everything be disassembled into its various parts.

[cesarsalcedo]

I had to change some defective capacitors in my old homepod and it was a nightmare, this one seems to be a more repairable unit. Good video, thanks.

[abc_plusequal]

Thanks! Your video is super helpful. I took mine apart and fixed the issue. Amazing!

[kas]

The tweeter component looks like it could be a tweeter + exciter combo. An exciter is a transducer device that attach to surface and vibrate the surface mechanically that translate into auditory information. I think this because of how the housing is shaped to follow the contour of the base, maximizing contact with the base panel for the vibration to be transfered over. Clever!

[DavidMalcolm]

I'm genuinely shocked at how small the hole are for the tweeters to pass sound out. I would have assumed they'd be much larger.

[Halarue]

Very nice job with the disassembly and the educated guesswork thank you !

I was looking for a video like that - interesting how they made it more repairable.
Impressed also by the quantity of screws inside that thing.

[egertkabilattekivi]

Beautiful woofer
Good for another projects.

[uma]

omg I thought the speakers must be put around the home pod in mesh!!!
I was really shocked they are put only top and bottom.
Thank you for this video!!

[tristanskylark]

10:30 bottom thing is diagnostic and physical connection

[augustindinckensson]

I wonder if the bass is deeper if you fill the cavity with wool?!

[mecpro]

You did a great job! The last thing it’s temperature sensor!

[NicsFix]

I wonder what is written on the amp chip that was under that heat sink! Mine REFUSED to come off on our stream, I gave up in fear it would rip the chip off. Maybe snap a photo of the area cleaned up?

Would love to know so we can compare it to the powlraudio 98-0431 used in the gen1

Edit: I took mine apart again and got a look at what's under the shields on the logic board, and the amp heatsink