Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased 8 of these and Best Buy shipped them to me in a large box, no insulation, with them all floating around inside and all of the boxes very nicely banged up as a result. Still waiting on the other 5 to arrive but I’m expecting the same behavior in they will also be shipped poorly. That being said, it’s hard to know what is a result of mishandling or not, because the top of one of the units is scuffed, the other two are not. After setting the three of these up, the sound is good for the size of speaker, but having a homepod next to the mini, the bigger one is just night and day. Even having two minis paired it’s just no contest. The best way I can describe it is they sound like a Amazon echo show 5, maybe a little better. The fabric is also not wrapped around them as nicely as the old homepod and the displays on top of them are also not uniform. Nor does the ambient light sensor work correctly. Sitting all next to one another, they have different color profiles, one is bright, while the other two are dim. If you shine a light on the top of them, they all adjust and get brighter. I’ll contact the store and ask for feedback, as I’m not going to keep these after they were packed so badly and the box looked like an accordion. I think the cosmetic defects are notable and unacceptable. But from a sound perspective, if price is your only factor, then great. If you are looking for good sound I’d pass. The one speaker setup with 2 passive radiators on this speaker shows it’s limits quickly in it can do highs, mid ranges, or lows, but it can only do one or two of these at a time so the music sounds like it’s missing instruments if you know the tracks you like to listen to the most. This speaker feels like one that should cost about half as much based on the quality Im seeing and hearing. But my background is also one of having bought big systems in the past, owning many of the original HomePods which are again night and day from this, and most recently to a minimal Sonos setup for tv watching.

Good enough for a bedroom but not loud enough for a living/dining room

Works great with my other home pod as a studio pair.

I’ve always been happy being a customer, Best Buy is where I get my gifts and home goods.

Im an avid apple user but this device is seriously lacking. Its not super easy to set up, its not compatible with a macbook and its wired. Apple couldve done better, go with JBL.

Really good Thank you! Good service and good quality

We’ll made device would love to see it in a different mesh material, preferably plastic.

Excellent! Love my HomePod Mini. It operates my HomeKit smart home perfectly, a lot cheaper than the original $299 HomePod. Highly recommend for all Apple Users!

Works nice , with multiples you can really have an intercom system

I love them, and I will buy more as soon as possible!!!

Who would have thought that you only needed one HomePod mini for ending up with two more and two HomePod. They’re like gremlins!!

Ordered Apple mini pod 21 Dec; recv’d via FedEx 22 Dec. I immediately opened & connected to my Apple iPhone phone & iPad. I’m currently air playing YouTube’s Christmas Carols. The sound is a true stereo. Beautiful. Sit relax w/ a cup of Java.

The Siri home pod is so beautiful that it even looks great.

Love the home pod, and the home pod mini is such a great addition! Very secure! Only listens for “Her Siri” Love that!

I'm all in the Apple ecosystem. AirPods Pro 2nd Gen, Apple Watch Ultra, MacBook Pro M1 Max (no iPhone because watch is main phone now) and I absolutely despise Siri. She's a necessary evil since I value privacy above all else. But this nonsensical, alpha stage in development, virtual "assistant" is absolutely garbage. This speaker is the epitome of alpha stage testing to the masses. As a speaker it's great but that's about all it can do right. Please fix this apple.

This is my second pod and I couldn’t be happier, placed it in my bathroom.

I love that I added this to my Apple device collection and Thread works way better than the regular old Bluetooth

It’s a good buy just wish it would play from what ever music app I’m using like it does with Apple Music

Grest little one , bass its alright , im not a big fan if the big ones

The HomePod speaker, good to have but needs work!!!