Customer Ratings & Reviews

Sounds quite good, despite its small size, and can be paired for pretty immersive stereo. However, it uses Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth, and often has to be reset to work. That and the fact that it has to be plugged in, which makes it not portable and therefore less than totally versatile. Also, it will probably be updated in the near future. You're probably better off buying a portable, better-sounding Bluetooth speaker of some kind or other.

Very good product would recommend this item it’s a small item but the volume on it is excellent!!

The sound on these little speakers is awesome but Apple really needs to improve the resilience of the operating system. If the power blinks, the pod just loses all of its voice command capability.

I bought two of these and paired them easily with my Apple TV. Sound is great! I prefer these over a sound bar.

Very Awesome speaker. Easy to connect easy to operate.

Sound quality is really good. The bass packs quite a punch. I also have Sonos home theater setup and this single speaker is almost as good as the whole setup. Siri could do a lot better but am sure Apple will come up with updates. It can hear your voice across the room even with loud music playing. Unlike Sonos, no need to do the trueplay speaker tuning every time you move the speaker. It will auto calibrate. I keep moving it between my bedroom and office room and it sounds great.

Cord doesn't disconnect from speaker. No ethernet or IO options. Sound is good.

I'm used to Bluetooth connectivity so this Airplay speaker was new to me. It took a long while and a lot of fiddling around and online research to finally get it to work. Then after a couple weeks it just would not connect unless I restarted my Mac-mini. This got old. After I upgraded to Sonoma 14 and another restart the problem seems to have abated. Hate holding my breath though.

Speaker sounds great, but it WILL cut out regularly over AirPlay. No resets or software updates will fix it, and you will join the many frustrated owners of a sometime Es great sounding speaker.

We are avid Apple users. We absolutely love this speaker. The sound quality is unmatched by any portable speaker. Siri is very responsive. You will need Apple Music to use this device effectively. Its great because you do not need your phone once it is set up to play music. It streams though wifi with Apple Music. The HomePod was definitely a worthwhile addition to our home.

HOMEPOD sounds amazing! Crisp clear sound with great bass. Siri can hear you so well....and not having to keep saying hey Siri....she hears you the first time unlike my kids. Does all the smart home stuff I need could not be happier. The HOMEPOD is shockingly small with a good quality build quality feel. Have never had a echo or google device because of security concerns..... all products I buy support HomeKit. Would buy again no doubt!

I am very impressed the quality of these speakers. The mid range and the base are very well balanced. There I things I can hear using the Homepods I never noticed using my pair of Braven 850s. Plus even at 100% volume there is barely any distortion. Yes, it requires Airplay. That make sense given that the algorithms employed need lossless audio digital data that only Airplay can deliver. I have noticed no issues using airplay to stream Spotify.

Great speaker especially when coupled with another and used with Apple TV

Not one single review is from a verified purchaser except for me :). The HomePod blows away any other smart speaker in terms of sound quality. The Clarity and Bass will amaze you for about 10 minutes. To answer your question, Yes...Siri is still stupid. But that’s fine. Oh yeah when using FaceTime audio, the HomePod is the best speaker phone on the planet. :). I will always buy anything and everything that Apple releases. I spare no expense!

Sound quality is one of the best for a 100 dollars

The HomePod rocks. My son complained to me last night that I was too loud. I have many speakers. Bose, Polk etc. The sound link II sounds good but flat compared to the HomePod. This blows them all away. Don't even bring Echos, Homes, dots to the party. Keep them at home in shame. The sound is loud and clear. Fills our large living home nicely. The engineering behind this thing rocks. As with any Apple product it looks great.

Bought HomePod today. Wow! Sound quality is superb! Louder than I expected. Very nice integration with phone and easy to set up. I like how I can access it from the control center and in music to play my music from library. Using Echo Dot, I had to open the Alexa app. Answers all my questions like my phone does except it can’t access my calendar and it can’t make calls or emails. I would recomend to anyone with an iPhone.

Once apple finally updated to multi room and Stero connection, I bought a total of three (thinking about a 4th for the office) First one I got because I am a masseur and got tired of using my iPad to play music. Sound is so great and it can be heard over the Air-Conditioner. I have two more in the living room, before I lived in Air-Pods listening to music because I didn't want to turn on the TV and play Apple Music through that and have the TV running as well. But I must warn you it will cause you to buy smart lightbulbs because you can control them with your voice. The downsides???? Sometimes Siri has an Alzheimers and forgets what certain lighting scenes are (you have to unplug and replug it to show it who is boss) The other thing is if your using just voice to ask for particular type of music or playlist... it can be quite hilarious/frustrating from time to time. Also as I have YouTube Premium, I sometimes stream music channels from the iPad - once in awhile the HomePod loses the connectivity to the stream...not sure why. All in all, if you are not an Apple Music Subscriber, don't get these. Also, I wouldn't recommend them to replace your TV Soundbar... there is a software problem and using them that way to watch TV/Movies creates a muffled sound.

Great sound quality - would buy again without question

I had purchased the apple HomePod a little over a week ago, and I can tell you first hand that it is truly the best speaker! Bass is perfect, but only at higher volumes. But the "Hey, Sir" feature with it is responsive and quick with answer. I cannot wait till they roll out more updates with this product to make it 10x better! Premium product for a premium price. You actually get what you pay for!