Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is an amazing speaker and produces crystal clear sound. Finally, a smart speaker that gets the whole audio part right! Siri handles all of the normal requests perfectly— weather, traffic, questions about music/artists, plus a great DJ so you don’t always have to reach for your phone/ipad. My previous speaker of choice was a Sonos Play 5– Homepod has since replaced that and the Sonos has been moved to a different location in my house. There really is no comparison between the google/amazon products in terms of sound quality— Homepod blows them out of the water and you actually enjoy what you’re listening to... Makes music fun again!

If you're a music lover - this is absolutely fantastic, and it's a slam dunk in terms of set-up and ease of use. Nerds may not like it, but for the rest of us we get amazing sound quality and really great looking product to boot.

I used it a day and realize it wasn’t worth it. Compatibility isn’t nearly close to Alexa. You need more and more components and adapters to create a connected environment at home. Apple music is not good. Sound and quality is top notch. Very inconvenient regardless

The speaker sounds awesome with clarity and great bass. Pair it with another homepod and it sounds even great. Its nowhere near Google with respect to smartness, the speaker is very dumb. Also be ready to pay $$ for Apple music as it doesnt work with any other music services.

The HomePod Mini is nice for adding Siri and intercom functionality to rooms where you don't spend a lot of time. The audio quality is a big step down from the big HomePods, though, which I regret were discontinued. A pair of the Minis with an Apple TV makes a very nice bedroom TV system, though.

I’ve been blown away by the quality of the sound from this pint sized speaker. The level of engineering it took to extract the audiophile grade sound from this speaker is remarkable. I”m a musician who listens to a very broad spectrum of genres, and this speaker handles them all flawlessly. Music is once again painting a beautiful hue of colors in our household on a daily basis thanks to the HomePod. The sound is very reminiscent of the days of old when I would listen to records on my friends record player through Cerwin Vega speakers. Very warm, clean and pristine sound.

I first awarded this product four stars, but realized I was holding the product to Apple standards, and were it made by someone else I would've given it five, so I changed it to five. Awesome sound with one caveat I'll mention at the end. Very accurate with voice recognition, the whole package. Wish the software update was out to make a second HomePod stereo. The one sound caveat previously mentioned is that on certain songs the sound is so bass heavy that the bass sounds unnatural and the mids are masked a bit; overall it misrepresents the song. That problem is precisely why I don't own the even more problematic bass leaning Beats Headphones. Overall highly satisfied with the HomePod.

I just purchased a HP Mini to try out, and it looks like its “computational audio” is going to be a deal breaker for me–at least until they supply them with some form of tone control or EQ. I want to use it primarily as an intelligent radio for my kitchen, but its reproduction of NPR’s male speaking voices is to my ears very unpleasant, chesty and boomy. At first I thought I might be dealing with boundary effect, but it’s the same no matter where I put it (or my head). I suspect it’s too smart for that sort of tactic and that whatever “bass extension” algorithm they’re using to make (pop) music sound (fairly) good wherever you put it is somehow overemphasizing the 125kHz octave. Too bad, I guess I’ll be returning it.

I wanted to give this time four stars but could not. Although it plays clearly and loud, I do not like that it is not wireless and it cannot be used with other devices other than Apple. It takes some time to figure out but overall good product.

I bought this for my desk to listen to podcasts and a little music from my iPhone, and there are always issues whenever skipping at all. For example, whenever an ad comes on, I click the 15 second skip a few times and then the HomePod completely stops playing, and the only way to resume it is by killing the app (doesn't matter if it's youtube, podcasts app, spotify, etc.) and restarting the audio or by disconnecting your phone from the homepod and reconnecting it. If you're buying this to use as an external speaker for your computer. there's a noticeable lag with the audio of about a second when you pause and play. So when you pause the audio, you have to wait a second or two before it actually stops. There are also a lot of issues with Siri - when you need to use it, either both your phone and the homepod go off and conflict with each other and it ends up not working, or the homepod listens and says it completed the request but then it actually did nothing. The only good things I can say about this is it looks good, it's compact, the audio quality is good, and the tap to transfer audio is convenient (doesn't always work on the first try but it does about 75% of the time).

I told myself I was not going to splurge on this little new device from Apple, but since I have an Apple Music subscription and love listening to music, I couldn’t resist. I’m very glad that I did! The sound is as good as the critics say. My impression is that the HomePod separates each ‘layer’ of the song into vocals and invdividual instruments, making each sound its absolute best. I have a BOSE speaker that just doesn’t come close in terms of sound quality without distortion when increasing volume. Overall, I’m highly pleased with the purchase. I personally do not mind the limitations with Siri; I knew that Siri still needs work when I made the purchase.

Still trying to decide where to put this since I like it and have 2 places but only one mini.

Tried using as a speaker for my desk. Sound wasn't that great and the connection kept getting interrupted. Most importantly, it doesn't support spotify natively. Returned and got an Echo instead which sounds way better and supports spotify for 30% less.

I love Apple products!!! But, I’ve done a comparison side by side of the Home Pod and the Bose Soundlink Resolve Plus, as well as the Bose Soundlink Mini II. Both of the Bose portable speakers easily outperformed the Apple Home Pod. The Home Pod bass sounded “boomy” while the Bose products sound deep and no boominess. The Bose speakers had more volume and cleaner crisper sound. And they are cheaper than Home Pod. Home Pod is designed to work only with Apple Music. However, Apple Music works with the Bose Speakers just as well, and Siri commands work well with Bose, using your Apple devices linked to the Bose speakers via Bluetooth. Home Pod is overpriced for the quality you get. You are better off to use your Apple device (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac Book, etc) paired with the Bose Soundlink Resolve or Bose Soundlink Mini II. And the Bose speakers are wireless and play for 12 to 16 hours before needing recharged. The Home Pod is not portable. It operates via a 110V power cord. I’d wait for a future version of Home Pod that’s wireless and with improved sound quality.

I don’t love this product, but I decided to keep the three I purchased because it works nicely in a room for ambient sounds at night and it doesn’t look cheap in a well decorated room Pros: Integrates nicely with other Apple Products. Integrated temperature sensor Makes a good noise machine for a bedroom to help with sleeping Cons: Siri is 50/50 Sound quality is surprisingly bad across multiple services. Maybe I should have expected less from a $100 smart speaker, but the 5 star reviews gush over the sound. I would not recommend for music.

The mini is a great addition for those with an AppleTV allowing you to stream audio to the device. The small form factor allow you to place the Homepod mini anywhere without sacrificing space.

We love our Apple purchases, always excellent quality and available for gifts or personal use!

Amazing speaker , siri listens well and responds immediately while music or anything is being played 10/10

Sounds great for its size. Overpriced but works well with the apple ecosystem as expected.

Great speaker for a tween. Doubles as an alarm clock without seeing the bright light of a regular alarm clock all night long.