Customers recognize the HomePod mini for its impressive sound quality, ease of use, and perfect size. Many appreciate its volume, bass, design, and compatibility with iPhones. However, some customers have noted connectivity issues that need improvement.
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Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great gift for the family
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Got these for the kids and one for the kitchen. Works great! Sound quality is amazing for it's size. We really love the intercom feature, Makes calling the kids for dinner easy!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Compact with great sound
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased two of these mainly for the small size. I use them as a speaker pair with my Apple TV in my bedroom and it creates a great surroundsound. It also works perfectly with all my HomeKit enable devices
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Excellent sound for it's size. The handoff from iphone to homepod and back is seemless. Only wish it would work with other music services directly rather than using airplay to cast music.
Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this brand new love it. I love the idea of Siri is on it. I just wish that it could be portable comes with a wire so you could only take it to where you can plug it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Apple's Alexa ++
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great little speaker and information ball. The sound is fantastic and I love that I can just ask it anything as an extension of Siri. Who needs Alexa with this little gem?
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Love this mini HomePod. It was very easy to set up and the sound quality is great. I use it when watching tv and films on my iPad. The handoff from iPhone to HomePod is a great feature. A great little gadget.
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Great addition to our home audio! Color options allow this speaker to complement room decor. Works well for intercom and music sharing across the home.
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Having been a fan of the original HomePod, I wanted to give this little guy a try. And wow, this little thing has a wonderful sound in such a small footprint. Will definitely get a few more of these!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Cons mentioned:
Connectivity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great speaker for the size!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This speaker is powerful for such a small size! The one negative about this speaker is it is not wireless! Apple really knows how to mess over consumers! For no reason should this speaker not be wireless!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
overall good, but excellent for apple users.
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This speaker is not for everyone, however if you are a person that is invested into the apple ecosystem (Apple Music, iPhone, Apple TV, Homekit) and are looking for a speaker, then this is the one for you. The speaker quality is good considering it's size and the speaker's can really blend into the room if you want them to. Siri is well... siri she's doesn't do anything different vs iphone/ipad, but for 99% of general smart home tasks (play music/turn off lights/lock door) it's just as good as Google assistant/Alexa. given the 99 price point, I'm not sure if it's worth upgrading from other smart speakers, but if you're in the market for new speakers then take a look at the homepod mini
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good price and outstanding performance!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This review is only about the HomePod mini itself, audio quality and convenience features for Apple device users. I would not recommend this product unless you have at least an iPhone or an Apple TV. At $99 these are certainly a more expensive option but in this case what you get is totally worth it! Sound quality is amazing for a wireless speaker. Paired with an Apple TVK plus a second HomePod mini and it is an unexpectedly wonderful experience. Keep in mind that there is no AUX jack or any ports of any kind... And the power cable is fixed. I could complain about some things but I did get more than I expected. Great value for Apple device users, not remended unless you have at least an iPhone, iPad or Apple TVK.
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Perfect little speaker for my daughter’s room. She loves that it syncs to our family Apple Music account and all her other apple product. Small speaker but lots of sounds. Setup was a breeze.
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I waited nearly a year to purchase the HomePod until it went on sale for a not inexpensive, but much more reasonable price for an innovative and well executed speaker design. I took some time to “burn in” the speaker components with a variety of music styles, something done with higher end speakers in expectation of bringing out audio warmth and fidelity. I even placed it in a bay window enclave to act as a sort of speaker horn enclosure so as to enhance the projected sound. Such were my high hopes for how well the HomePod might perform. After all, it had been hyped and compared to higher end stereo equipment due to its genuine technical advances in speaker design. Its WiFi only input maximized the digital music information the advance computer chip could upscale for the multiple speakers calibrated for each personalized listening area.
Well, it turns out not to be the aural renaissance of bookshelf audio systems, an unrealistic expectation Apple perpetrated upon itself for this device. Nonetheless, it is a compact and competent sound system that produces music with enough quality to lose yourself in it, absent of harsh or distracting distortions in the musical reproduction. It is a joy to merely ask for whatever song or album comes to mind from memory or suggestion and then be able to listen effortlessly to faithfully reproduced music.
That said, and despite being a fan of the Apple ecosystem who harbored high hopes for how well the HomePod would perform, it is evident that it is not, and never will be a high-end bookshelf speaker system that transforms the music from the mundane into some superlative version. Moreover, it is ironic and frustrating that in trying so hard to be more than it is via strict audio source inputs, it is transformed into less than it could be if only Apple would “jailbreak” the HomePod. For starters, it could at least allow Bluetooth 5 audio connections for input. That would unleash it as a top-notch Bluetooth speaker free from depending upon a WiFi network, freely accessing whatever sound sources were available to the listener. A USB-C input would be a cinch winner also, simultaneously inputting audio and charging the audio input device. Yes, I know that would impinge on the revenue stream from Apple Music that is the real money to be made by Apple with the HomePod, but it would enable a moderately high-end audio system and an ultimate midway audio system. It would likely be the preeminent sound system for small-spaces like apartments, dorms, offices, RV’s, work spaces, sheltered exterior spaces, etc. At the same time, doing so would not prevent it serving as the aspirational sound system Apple envisioned. It would dovetail nicely into maximizing their high-dollar X series phones that now have Bluetooth 5, which seemingly allows virtually lossless digital streaming rather the the garbage in, garbage out hyper-compressed digital formats inherent in previous Bluetooth iterations. As it is, the HomePod has garnered a precious small percentage of the smart speaker market as they have virtually required an Apple Music subscription to make use of their speaker. In pursuit of their version of the perfect sound system, Apple has destroyed the very good, and for most customers of a device like this, good enough is perfect.
That still leaves the not-so-smart-speaker problem of poor, dear, simple Siri’s incompetence at summoning anything but Apple Music (or most anything else reliably) that severely limits HomePod's utility as a go-to music and other listening device. That one will not go away until Apple develops the in-house talent to build Siri out as seemingly envisioned originally, or the in-house vision to develop her by building out that talent however those billions of earnings might increase product value. Then Siri might just tell me she does not have access to Willie and Lobo in her music catalogue rather than giving me some random Willie Nelson album.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good Sound
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased two of the apple homepod mini to use with my iphone and ipad. they were a little hard for me to set up but thanks to You tubes help is was able to set them up. They sound very good and it may take getting use to. Over all i like them.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love this device so much, I bought two more!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I love this little HomePod. I originally bought it to place it in the bathroom so that I may listen to music when taking showers, but I loved it so much that I bought two more: One for the bedroom, and for the kitchen. Now, I have three little pods which I can play music from at the same time. I have one in yellow, blue and orange. They're so adorable. The power from this little device is almost unbelievable for the price. You will not regret getting it, believe me!