Customer Ratings & Reviews

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The HomePodOS is extremely buggy. The HomePod barely works as it’s supposed to. Audio quality is amazing but it’s not worth your frustration. I’ve had way too many issues with the HomePod, as well as others.

As compared to Amazon dot, this product is average.

While this is a nice little speaker for your desk at home or for a dorm, it does not get very loud at all. As an Apple Fan Boy for basically my whole life, they missed the mark. It is difficult to get set up in other places if you decide to take it somewhere else.

I AM NOT THAT CRAZY ABOUT THIS PRODUCT YOU LISTEN FIRST

Sadly not released with multiple user support.....

I have never been reserved about investing in new Apple products, up until now. This product had me perplexed, but my curiosity got the best of me. I pre-ordered, cancelled, then pre-ordered again and received the product on Feb 9, despite shipping info that it would be Feb 12. I am a "modified" audiophile. Having grown up in the 70's, I experienced and purchased all things audio. Albums, tapes, CD's, and hardware. Was dissapointed with the degradation in audio quality. Digital files killed me, but it is what it is, or was? I gave up my "heavy" audio equipment a few years ago and went to a home of small pods that were supposed to sound "amazing." and be accessible in a digital fashion. None of them excited me, but they did the trick. I went through B&O, B&W Zeppelins, etc... It all sounded great, but not soul filling. Opened the Homepod from Apple and set it up. It was totally easy to set up, but confusing to understand where in my "space" to put it. I chose a corner. After the setup, it took a day to appreciate the sound quality. It was different, not good or bad, just something my ears have not heard or been used to. Played with different genres of music to get a better feel for it. Miles Davis, Journey, Coldplay, Brad Paisley, Led Zeppelin, and of all things, the Churches (who have amazing electronic music). It almost felt like the Homepod needed a day to "breathe" and get its lungs. The Homepod woke up, and started to provide amazing sound that I cant describe, just amazing depth. This is a "small" speaker, but the sound that comes out of it is not only unreal (for its size) but beats anything I have owned before. I am embarrassed to say that I want to gift my B&W zeppelin and B&O small BT speakers to family, because they served me well for a while. No matter where I am in my home, I never have to yell at the homepod. Its a simple "Hey Siri, do this" and it gets done. I have not had any mistakes out of the voice recognition, which simply amazes me. I have been yelling at Amazon Echo's from 20 feet away to get a simple task done. I would suggest buying this, easily. I am still amazed at what Apple did with the sound quality and its ability to "listen carefully" to commands. So far, so good. I am a firm believer Apple is poising this device to take over home automation. This is a test period for them to understand what HP capabilities are.

Sound is fine for news and Siri is convenient. I’m experiencing a problem where the HomePod makes a popping or cracking sounds when listening to music or news. Then it shuts off and won’t power back on for 20-30 minutes.

This product was not an easy set up like my Alexa.

Love the sound from it, but it was not cheap and it would seem, that like Beats earphones, there is no longevity in this product.

So I bought this speaker as being an Apple Fan but honestly it is the worst! We need a smart speaker not just a good sounding speaker. There are many speakers in market you can get play good audio but for that I have my stereo system. This speaker is merely a speaker, siri is so bad in this I dont know why. Returning it soon. Don't see any value for 349 price. Suggestions: Apple please make detachable power cord next time. Open bluetooth restriction so all devices could connect. (It is now has bluetooth 5.0 but works with apple devices only lol) your product will sell more if you open bluetooth for all devices. Put a 5000 Mah Battery to make it portable use. It will sell like hot cake (no one has done it yet not even google)

I purchased the Homepod Mini to be a "distance" speaker for our home audio system. When cooking in the kitchen, it can be difficult to hear the TV without really turning up the volume on the TV and making it uncomfortable for those near the TV. With Apple TV, you can simultaneously broadcast through the HDMI cable and Airplay to any Airplay 2 compatible speaker. The Airpod Mini is among the lowest cost Airplay 2 speakers (along with Ikea). Regardless, the sound is actually very good for a speaker this size. It's easy to set up with an iPhone. Moreover, this operates on 5GHZ frequency, so the microwave will not interfere with sound quality (we have an old yamaha that runs on 2.4 GHZ that would drop once the microwave turned on).

Sound is good but not what everyone seems to rave about. I have other speakers that kick her butt. Yes her. Siri is the center of this mess. She can pause music and I like that about her but ask her something "Siri"ous and forget about it.

This product disappointed as it was not user friendly and constantly disconnected. Would recommend Apple stay away from bluetooth speakers.

Im an all-apple guy and assumed the wifi connection, and quality of sound would be like other products I have come to know by apple. I found actually that neither were too hot. Having Bose external speakers there is just no comparison and for what I purchased the sound quality to me just wasn't there. I couldn't bypass my Denon receiver (as I have a 5.1 with five hooked up speakers) although Apple assured me it would hook into my apple tv (incorrect). Siri would hear the tv and go off so I unplugged it, boxed it up and exchanged it for another Bose!

alexa, even the cheap pod is better than this. way overpriced and less smart than Alexa. I had hoped for much more. I probably should just return it.

The sound was okay but unfortunately this is one of those times that Apple doesn’t want to play in the sand box with other. Can’t stream Spotify and you’re better off getting a speaker that works across many platforms.

I have about 20 smart speakers around my home from Amazon Echos, Google Homes to Sonos. This was by far the most expensive. It was also the most buggy, often ignoring the alarms I set leading me to oversleep. And now, after only 2 years of use, the speaker is completely non-functional, which makes it the first and only of all my smart speakers to have broken down under normal use. Hugely disappointing product offering from Apple.

I hope Apple does an update soon on the iPod! I'd like to play my music on the iPod an Iit won't allow me to do it.. Asked at Apple stores and I was told it can't be done. Waste of money, gave it away.........

Not a fan. I am all in with Apple products and music, but this device lacks what and amp and bookshelf speakers can deliver. Also the interface on the iPhone is quirky.