Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased a HomePod on launch day and have listened to more music since that day than ever before. I used to use Spotify, but it was never convenient to make my own playlists. I did not like Spotify’s playlists or radio, but Apple Music via Siri has been great! The radio stations stick to the genre better, and it is easy to trigger them anywhere in room with voice. Classical and jazz music sound great coming from the HomePod. The highs are very clear and the bass is solid but not too boomy. I also have a Google Home Max, so can compare both speakers. The Max has bigger woofers so it sounds better with HipHop / Rap or Electronic Dance Music. There is more bass on the Max, but the highs aren’t as clear as the HomePod. I decide to keep both... I use the HomePod mostly for quiet and calm music such as classical or jazz, and use AirPlay to stream from YouTube, Tidal, take phone calls, etc. I now use the Max for more party type music and asking Google questions. The mics on the HomePod are better than Max and can hear me at full volume, but the Max cannot hear at full volume unfortunately. I recommend the HomePod with a Google Home Mini on side if music quality is primary focus and don’t need a lot of bass and want some additinal smart features. Eventually maybe HomePod Siri will be able to handle questions better and won’t need a Google Home product also, but for now the sound is good enough alone to justify keeping it.

Works exactly as expected. My daughter bought this to use at college. It is small and easy to set up and works great.

Sounds great for small spaces! Took just a few mini tires to set up and connects easy! Gets pretty loud for a small speaker.

Great sound that comes from this small speaker. Apple does it again with this speak. Easy to connect and use with you iPhone.

Great product Love it easy to sync Great sound use with Apple Music

Teally hood speakee, its eeally small but it soudns hood for the size!

This is easily the most useless and unsuccessful Apple product I’ve owned. It’s the first time I’ve felt genuinely undersatisfied with an Apple purchase. Apple markets HomePod as offering “seamless transfers,” but that only applies to music. You cannot transfer or use it for app-based calls like Zoom, Teams, or WhatsApp. A basic $30 Bluetooth speaker can handle those without issue. In that sense, this is objectively worse than a cheap speaker. Sound quality is not impressive either. It’s fine, but nothing special, and in my experience not better than an Amazon Echo. For the price, it’s overpriced and underwhelming. The behavior is also unreliable. It randomly starts playing music without any clear trigger, and when that happens, you often can’t even stop or control it properly from the phone. This has happened multiple times, and it feels unpredictable and buggy. Connection with a Mac is unstable. You cannot rely on it as a permanent external speaker. It disconnects, fails to reconnect, and generally does not behave like a normal audio device. Bottom line: this is not a smart speaker in any practical sense. It’s a very restricted music appliance with confusing limitations that Apple does not clearly disclose. Honestly, a $15 knockoff Bluetooth speaker would be more versatile and seamless for everyday use. Extremely disappointing.

I got these for my parents, who REFUSE to put anything Amazon Alexa or Google Home related in their home because of privacy concerns. These speakers are far better quality then the alexa speakers(who now copied this form factor). They punch far above their size in their sound quality, and are quick in responsiveness. I definitely suggest these to anyone interested in Apple Homekit, or anyone interested in a privacy oriented voice assistant(so long as you have at least one apple device).

Perfect price for an easy to use speaker, sounds great for its size

Works great, easy setup and sounds nice too. I use it for playing music, timers, weather and control smart home devices.

Perfect little brother to my HomePod. Lightweight and easy to set up. Sound quality is great!

I purchased a HomePod to add HomeKit voice control for my wife since she does not own an Apple device. There were other features that the HomePod could provide that I didn't think mattered that much to me, but the longer I've owned it the more I've appreciated the other quality of life features it has to offer. For one, I find myself using it to control our smart lights far more often than I thought. It's easier than reaching for my phone, and Siri is able to hear me from incredibly far away. The speaker itself is also very good, and we listen to far more music throughout the day now than we ever did before. I've had an Apple Music subscription for a while, and now feel that I'm getting more use out of it than ever. It's also surprisingly useful for "dumb" smart things like setting timers. We use that all the time now because the alert can very clearly be heard no matter where we are in the house. Overall it's a great little smart speaker that we use more than I even thought we would. It definitely benefits you more if you're deep into the Apple ecosystem, but if you're already far enough in to consider an Apple smart speaker anyway I think it's something you'll enjoy.

I was looking for a couple of wireless speakers and got so much more with the HomePod mini. The ability to ask Siri nearly anything is really convenient. My wife and I laughed every time we would get an answer to simple questions about the weather, when and who our NFL team was playing and to play music of a favorite artist. Now it hard to imagine life without it.

Love it! Is a great little speaker. It works perfectly with my iPhone and MacBook

this is my second purchase of a HomePod mini. got one for my bedroom and today one for my dad. the audio playback from such a small speaker is quite STUNNING. it is so immersive!!! making music feel like an experience on a whole different level. it is indeed mini, compared to its big brother HomePod. and for $99 the seamless integration with your other Apple products is incredible. anyone in the Apple ecosystem looking for a smart speaker i would highly recommend giving this a go!

Awesome sound for the size of it! Perfect for a medium size room or bathroom easy function and love the features on it A+

This should not sound this good... but it does! Incredibly clear, deep, and filling sound. For a small apartment one is enough to fill the entire space without sounding distorted or far away. The siri functionality is nice to have but as a speaker alone its so worth it. It's also nice to open it to anyone who visits the house since anyone with an iPhone can connect to it and share the music. I'm definitely buying more in the future!

This HomePod mini has some getting used to if you had the Alexa before you got this its funny for because some times i still say Alexa but the sound is amazing for the size I’m getting another HomePod mini to make it a stereo pair if your looking for a HomePod for the sound I recommend the original but for everything else and the sound this its the best thing for you and if your invested in a lot of HomeKit accessories you can control the lights,lock doors, and a lot more with just SIRI

Homepods everywhere. They are small powerful and so affordable. If you have homekit devices, these are a must

i’d definitely recommend getting the homepod mini. it has great sound quality and volume especially considering its size.