Customer Ratings & Reviews

Excellent device for situations where you don’t need a full sized HomePod.

For the size and what its intended to do it does it. However it will never compare to the original HomePod.

Great product. Gave it as a gift to my mom for her to use with her iPad and it is user friendly enough for her to operate alone.

The HomePod minis are one of my best investments, sound quality is great and the speakers are just awesome overall!!

Pros: - Sound quality is great; far superior to my existing Echo. - Product feels high quality, all the way down to the fabric textured power cable. I’d have been upset if this came with the generic Apple plastic white cable that inevitably gets dingy/yellow and begins to fray. - You can use other music services outside of Apple Music (via AirPlay), just not natively. I’d prefer natively, but listing this as a pro because I have seen some misleading posts saying services like Spotify cannot be used at all. That is incorrect. Cons (most regard it severely lacking as a smart speaker): - Cannot set multiple timers. Especially when cooking, I’ll often have multiple timers going on my Echo. - Inability to recognize different people. This one is especially annoying if you want to be able to receive/send calls or texts through the HomePod. The speaker is linked to my phone. Even if I’m not around, anyone with access to the speaker can send or receive messages from me (if the option is enabled), despite the fact they are not me. My options are to either disable the feature entirely, or be aware that anyone (friend or family) who is near the HomePod, would have unfettered access to my messages/calls. - Siri in general is lacking. For instance, if I ask Siri if it is going to rain, all I get is a “yes” or a “no”. If I ask Alexa the same thing, I get a percentage chance of rain and expected amounts. Several other instances, but just one example. - No ability to use other music services (i.e. Spotify, Tidal, etc.) natively with the device. As listed above, it is doable through AirPlay, but this comes at the cost of more in depth voice commands. - Was foolishly hoping the Nest would become HomeKit compatible since Apple made HomeKit authorization digital now (no longer requires physical hardware). That is not the case. Another thing to keep in mind, Apple’s control over smart home items is limited to HomeKit devices. More may come soon with recent changes to HomeKit, but if you have anything from Google (like the Nest) don’t get your hopes up and factor into your purchase decision. Conclusion: Overall, the speaker is great, for a speaker. As an introduction to a smart speaker? Not so much. I would only recommend this (currently) to users who are subscribers to Apple Music, primarily use Apple mobile devices, and who have HomeKit enabled devices. Many of my complaints can be resolved via over the air software updates. However, I’d say don’t buy and wait for that to happen, wait for that to happen and THEN buy. Apple is far less likely to address these complaints if they get solid sales of the device out the door.

Very Satisfied with Mini Apple Pod.... Sound incredible... Will buy the second one next month

Very good sound for such a small unit. Voice commands work well but Siri is still a little quirky. Not bad for $79 on sale.

If your an apple person then is a must have. Keep it in the bedroom and with my Apple TV the audio is awesome.

I love the sound quality of this speaker. The base is ideal for spoken word content, and it sounds just as good as the Google Home.

Great orange color. Great apple ecosystem compatibility of course. It’s great.

The homepod mini works well. Because this product was bought 'unboxed' i suspect it was already setup once before, it was difficult to 'reset' and use in my home during first use. After overcomming that obstacle it works great.

I love these speakers for music or movies. They sound very good. Maybe a little bass heavy but the deep bass is very enjoyable. They are 360-degree speakers and do not lose details in sound when you walk around in the room. Probably the best background music speakers I have.

I see this as an excellent product the sound quality in this is amazing and the way it’s looks May he’s in my room perfectly

Another great apple product. It’s definitely an upgrade over the Alexa. It sounds better and works better with my apple ecosystem.

It does most of the smart feature that HomeKit offers. It’s the right size that you can put it next to the TV or any where you want Siri to be. 4 stars because the price is little high.

Does the job I expected it to do. I like how easy it is to add Nanoleaf bulbs to the network.

It worked extremely well and great wonderful sound. I truly enjoy the music and words coming through this great HomePod Mini!

Should have bought this year's ago...no more Amazon devices, homepod is so much easier to use and suits me needs

This is my second HomePod ... I use it for music and merge them together and connect them to my AppleTV in the master bedroom. Works great most of the time however Apple needs to work on a easier way to keep them connected without always going to the settings in the Apple TV. Super simple to connect as all Apple products are. It was on sale and I should have bought more.

Excellent audio, size, and design recommended!!!!!