Customer Ratings & Reviews

The sound from this puppy is wonderful. Its ability to assess its surroundings and project room-filling sound is impressive. It’s quite heavy which helps give the bass some added “oomph.” It is best experienced when used in conjunction with an Apple Music subscription. One irritation is that it doesn’t seem to be able to begin a playlist in the middle and play forward from there. It must start at the beginning and play the songs in order. Passing off music from an iPhone to the HomePod isn’t always seamless, either. I liked the sound so much that I bought a second one. They were able to quickly identify each other in the HomeKit app and play well together. However, I must admit that it turns out I was fine having only one HomePod. I’d hoped to have one in front of the living room and one in back so that I would feel even more immersed by the sound. However, that isn’t really how it worked out. Instead, one gets assigned as the left channel, and one the right. Both really need to be in front of you for the best combined effect. Our apartment isn’t large, so a singe HomePod would have been fine. I suppose that a person in a larger home would find it beneficial to have one upstairs and one downstairs, but that isn’t our living situation. We’ll likely give our second one to a friend. The HomePod isn’t as smart as an Alexa. Instead of being able to add “skills,” many functions my be airplayed from an iPhone to the speaker, rather than the speaker being able to do it by itself. An easy fix would be for most iPhone apps to have HomePod versions the same way they do for the Apple Watch. The functionality through the HomeKit app is clunky and not as intuitive as you would expect from Apple. The Apple Watch and the HomePod don’t seem to communicate well, either. The watch and the HomePod don’t seem to be on the same page, as the watch is showing different music playing than what the HomePod is actually playing. If you tap the HomePod in the HomeKit app on your watch while the HomePod is playing, you don’t gain access to HomePod controls. Rather, the HomePod starts playing whatever music was on the watch. The HomePod can serve as a speakerphone so I was really eager to use that functionality for when we call family. Unfortunately, the caller on the other line seems unable to hear clearly unless you really raise your voice or literally sit right next to the speaker. I’ve tried speaking to several callers to make certain the issue wasn’t because of one person’s phone. I learned that the issue was always a problem. Perhaps the microphone isn’t as attuned to voices during phone calls as it is to voices speaking commands to it. I know I’ve listed several complaints in this review, so I want to reiterate that this is an EXCELLENT speaker if you want room-filling sound with rich bass and crisp treble. But this is supposed to be smart and functional, too. Apple is usually too customer oriented to allow a product to be deficient for long. They like to make products that “just work.” Therefore, I’m hoping that future software updates will make it smarter and more user friendly. If they do that, I’ll give it all five stars. It’s an expensive piece of equipment so it really should do more things more easily.

Works amazing especially with two almost as good as my kef speakers

Amazing crisp and clear sound from the Apple HomePod. Easy set up and easy to use. you won't have a single problem with such an amazing product!

I like the size and color. The sound is good for the size but not as good as I expected. I own a apple tv 4k and a sony tv. The homepod would not connect often when i needed to raise the volume. This would work for a small room.

This has to be one of the best options for listening to music that Apple has ever put on the markets. With the massive number of tweeters and the subwoofer, you will get amazing sound out of the HomePod. Not only is it good for playing Apple Music, but it's overall great for controlling lights, and plugs, and many other objects that you can control in your home. Overall it's a great device if you're not a Google or an Alexa fan. Hands down it wins for the stereo quality alone.

Great sound and voice activation is much better than previous devices we had.

Works well for my workout room I have it connected to my Apple TV in that goon great sound. I have 2 in my house I like how when I leave the room and go we’re the 2nd one is the music follows.

Fantastic small speaker. Gave it as a gift and the bass on it is pretty good for being a small speaker. I thought it would potentially have a small flatter sound but it’s got a pleasing sound

Plays good music and hears you clearly when you say Hey Siri. Lowers and puts up the volume to your liking and lets you set up a timer to turn off music after a certain amount of time.

I felt a loss when Apple decided to discontinue its original HomePod four years after first releasing the smart speaker. This product, contains, more qualities than its price! Bought this actually on Thanksgiving Day in 2019. My boyfriend has a white one and we made them a pair to have the best result. This is a premium speaker and a smart home hub. In the former category, the HomePod is excellent, with amazing sound and incredibly intuitive set-up.

Great for using Siri for a smart home. I wish Siri was a better product

Good sound and easy to connect to everything we have automated in our home.

Great product from a small speaker. The footprint is very small. Works great with Siri. Could easily ask for weather updates. I currently placed it in my bathroom to listen to music getting ready.

Good supplemental speaker to the original HomePod, but pretty weak on its own. We purchased two for bathrooms only. The connector that goes into the power outlet is obscenely large. Plus is that it’s easy to set up.

I have the OG Homepods set up for my tv and decided to get the homepod mini for my night stand. The audio is clean and it can get loud without distorting. Simple voice commands work alright.

GREAT SOUND FOR THE SIZE OF THE SPEAKER. I LOVE THE ORANGE COLOR I AM ABLE TO GET ANSWERS TO ALL MY QUESTIONS> WELL WORTH THE MONEY

HomePod is just great! Specially if have everything Apple, everything just syncs perfectly

We love the product and connected along with Apple TV. Great interface with the apple home kit. Highly recommend if you need a system that collaborates.

I’m not a fan of Amazon or Google’s privacy practices. Great sound and microphone quality and works seamlessly with my other Apple products.

The item works well with the apple ecosystem and is very reliable i bought 2 of them and connected them to my apple tv and it works great!