Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love the sound quality. But the limitations are to much. You can do so much more with a Echo Studio.

This speaker sounds amazing. I have a full Sonos 5.1 (Playbar, subwoofer, and two Sonos 1's) setup in my living room. Last night, I brought the HomePod into the living room to do a side by side test. While the $350 HomePod is not as good as the $1800 Sonos surround system, it really held its own. Unsurprisingly, the Sonos offers more separation of sounds. There's over a dozen combined tweeters and woofers in the setup, physically located throughout the room. In spite of the HomePod's distinct disadvantage, it still sounded good in comparison. I was expecting it's sound like a transistor radio next to the Sonos system, but it didn't. There's a $1400 difference between these systems, but the sound difference doesn't sound like a $1400 difference. It sounds like maybe a couple hundred dollar difference. The great thing about this speaker is how it can get loud without sounding like it's getting loud. The tones stay clean and undistorted. Thought it's one speaker, it distributes the sound throughout the room. If you were blindfolded, you could certainly tell the sound is coming from one point, but that's always the case unless you have a surround system. I've also owned the Google Home Max. I liked that I could get a family plan for Google Play Music and not really pay any more per month because we're also Youtube Red subscribers. One less subscription in my life is a good thing. However, the Max almost never worked as advertised. I was constantly on the phone with support, who did a valiant job trying to fix my problems (the speakers would no longer take casts from my phone, music uploaded to the Google servers would not play via voice commands, and multiroom was intermittent). On the sound front, the Google Home Max sounded great playing anything with lots of bass. If you're into dance music, rap, RnB, etc., and don't mind the bugs I've listed above, then maybe the Max is for you. My main complaint with the Home Max sound was that it sounded loud, even if it wasn't turned up all the way. I'm tempted to say it overplayed the mids, but I'm not a true audiophile. Maybe that's why I didn't think it sounded that great playing rock/metal/jazz. I've found the HomePod matches the Max in those categories of music, while soundly bettering the Max in playing rock, classical, and jazz. People make much of the Max's bass, but I think the HomePod delivers a better bass with less distortion, especially at loud volume. Now, there's Siri. She's a mess at most things. However, when it comes to getting music to play on the HomePod, she's quite good. Google Home and Alexa might know more, but Siri is better than both of them when it comes to responsiveness for playing music. When I had the Home Max, I'd have to yell at it in the morning to turn off my alarm (I also had white noise playing in the room as it helps me sleep). You have to speak about as loudly with the Home Max as the music it's playing. With the HomePod, I can whisper for her turn off my alarm and she gets it. Would I ask her for directions, or who's playing in the game tonight? Or add an event to my calendar? Or set multiple timers? No. I wouldn't. She's not that smart. But, asking her to play a song from my music library or shut off an alarm? Absolutely. Much has been made of the fact that HomePod doesn't "support" Spotify. However, that's only true in the sense that you can't voice command Siri to play your Spotify playlist. You can play media from any app that supports Airplay. That includes Spotify, Audible, podcast apps, and even Google Play Music. Much has been made of the fact that HomePod doesn't support Bluetooth, to which I say, good! Bluetooth is a horrible technology, and anyone who's struggled to get their phone to play nice with the Bluetooth setup in their car knows exactly what I'm talking about. Airplay is a much superior technology and Bluetooth should go away. I'm giving 5 stars because I'm completely satisfied with my purchase and plan on getting more of them in the future (I have two right now). It's not a perfect speaker, but it does what I want it to do without hassle and it does it well. Pros: - World class sound for a small speaker. - Attractive design. - Easy setup. - Works as advertised without constant calls to customer support. - The speaker has great ears and can hear you whisper commands. - Executes music related commands extremely well. - Doesn't support Bluetooth but executes via Airplay flawlessly. Cons: - No multiroom yet. (Apple has promised it in Airplay 2) - No multi HomePod stereo. (Again, promised in Airplay 2) - Siri is a poor excuse for a personal assistant. It can't make calendar events or multiple timers.

The speaker itself sounds clear with a great thick bass. However, Siri is a definite work in progress. would not recommend if you are a Spotify user

If you have a lot of Apple Products (iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV, MacBook, etc... this has done wonderfully at connecting everything together.

I bought the HomePod with high hopes of it being a music powerhouse. Truth is it just isn’t. Apple has a great idea in the HomePod but it seems like the capped the music at about 80 percent what it’s capable of. Bass was good but volume wasn’t there to really impress me. The hey Siri works awesome though. And I’m sure it has a bunch of great features with home automation and such that are awesome too. Just not for me. Bottom line. Don’t buy this for your music if you want volume. Buy it for it’s other features.

After using Alexa for years, I was hesitant to switch to Apple, but I’m so glad I did. If you have an Apple cell phone, you need a HomePod.

Good speaker solid performance but Sonos not only sounded better but was 50 dollars cheaper. It should be noted that somehow the Sonos worked more seamlessly with my iPhone and music apps including Apple Music.

HomePod has great sound but lacks the smart function, hopefully overtime with updates it gets to the other competitors, otherwise the sound is great but fall lackluster everywhere else.

Great overall and the speaker quality is phenomenal. Only complaint is that Siri sometimes doesn’t respond. Not sure if this is the fault of the HomePod or my WiFi 6 setup. Other than this, great!

I love my HomePods I used them as stereo speakers with my Apple TV and smart home control. I even have a HomePod mini for my night

The mic on the HomePod is also great, it hears you almost every time even with the music is loud. I use it everyday, it's a great addition to my Apple family.

This product is a welcome addition to my home automated set-up. If you are using Apple product, you need to get one or two (for stereo sound) asap.

since you install it, the magic begins ... it is the best assistant that you can have, it is very complete in all its characteristics do not hesitate to buy it

Works like a charm still and keep it in the middle of the house, can hear it although out the house

The sound is great. However, the unit is buggy and will drop your phone calls. I am not alone on this as there is a blog about resolving this issue. The other thing is that there is not a bunch of compatible items that go with it. For instance the Hue lights work with it, but Hue is among the most expensive smart lights out there. If you want this for your iTunes and listening to music it is great. If you want it as a hub, go with something else.

I just love the sound of this device and how it works with my other apple products especially the Apple TV. I truly recommend it

Doesn’t work half the time. I really think it Best Buy at this point

Only for apple fan boys and girls. To stream with it you have to have Apple Music but you can air play what ever to it with an apple device.

Love it. This is my third one!!! Love connecting them all to hear around house.

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