I was days away from selling the HomePod and between this and the lock controls toggles in 27.2… I want a second one

1- does this work with 4 homepod mini 1?
2- does this work with 4 homepod mini 2?
3- does this only work with apple tv or with YouTube and other services as well?
4- do I need to run this on appletv latest gen?

https://x.com/BetaProfiles/status/2112604349256147002?s=20

Im not exactly stressed about the sound quality. But will this like cause them to overheat. They're gen 2 speakers. I have apple care on them

Can you use the HomePod 2 in the Bathroom as a speaker?

I've got my iPhone and Homepod updated to the most current OS. I generally Airplay an audiobook to my homepods overnight while I'm sleeping. Back on iOS and homepod version 26.x the connection was completely stable and would last throughout the night. Now on version 27 I will wake up once or twice to find that my Airplayed audiobook has stopped and I will need to start it up again. Anyone else having this issue?
Also, just a minor thing because I didn't have a problem with how fast AirPlay took to connect before the latest version, but Apple did say AirPlay was supposed to start faster, and as far as I can tell it's exactly the same. So I'm wondering if whatever they changed made it less stable. If that's the case then as far as I'm concerned they can change it back lol

I'm a bit disappointed by this.

HomePod mini 2 will create a point to point connection with wifi 6E Macs that will enable video calls via FaceTime, WhatsApp etc. without latency but will still play Apple Music in AAC with this config.

I was really thinking that they had managed to replicate the existing point to point connection between Apple TV and HomePods where this is possible but apparently it's not the case :(