Customer Ratings & Reviews

This makes number 14.. love them an they sound amazing.. apple did it again

Got his for my nephew and he loves it along with the color. Perfect holiday gift.

It’s awesome how apple built a siri speaker in a small size

Sound is amazing and is well balanced. Bass sounds great and is easy to connect to

I brought this HomePod mini for my daughter. She likes it. For it to be small, it has a nice sound.

Would not recommend to anyone based on downhill experience. Voice controls becoming unusable with commands to resume playing instead turning on lights and dropped requests. Not intuitive at all, you have to speak very unnaturally for them to work with any amount of success. Also, commands to set volume will not work if music was started from iPhone. Timers are specific to individual HomePods, meaning you cannot hear a timer you set if you end up working on the opposite end of the house.

Purchased for my office and ended up buying 3 more for around the house. Will be purchasing for my Daughter for college.

Great product Pretty loud for a little speaker!!!

Seamlessly joined my home network. Works with Apple Music and Adagio. Sound is excellent especially considering its size.

This is my second HomePod ... I use it for music and merge them together and connect them to my AppleTV in the master bedroom. Works great most of the time however Apple needs to work on a easier way to keep them connected without always going to the settings in the Apple TV. Super simple to connect as all Apple products are. It was on sale and I should have bought more.

Easy to set up, honestly wish it was set up different more parent friendly. Hopefully wish later on they add more features

Really nice sound in a small item. Place this in my living room and can hear it from the back room

Great sound in a small package, not very bass heavy - but balanced!

Bought this open box and it seems to work like it’s supposed to. Guess I was expecting more of an Alexa experience but as far as sound quality it’s definitely worth the money

Fantastic sound from a speaker the size of a baseball. Controls several items in the house with the correct wireless devices.....

Best Buy had it in stock when Apple did not. HomePod mini an excellent smart speaker in the Apple eco-system. Will buy another.

I love the quality of the sound and it runs great with my iPhone. I’m already debating on but the big one for my living room.

Love this little speaker. great sound with such a little speaker. great for the bathroom. super easy set up and moves so easily

Second one I bought! Trying to have them in every room soon. Audio is great for such a small speaker it’s actually loud.

Pros: - Sound quality is great; far superior to my existing Echo. - Product feels high quality, all the way down to the fabric textured power cable. I’d have been upset if this came with the generic Apple plastic white cable that inevitably gets dingy/yellow and begins to fray. - You can use other music services outside of Apple Music (via AirPlay), just not natively. I’d prefer natively, but listing this as a pro because I have seen some misleading posts saying services like Spotify cannot be used at all. That is incorrect. Cons (most regard it severely lacking as a smart speaker): - Cannot set multiple timers. Especially when cooking, I’ll often have multiple timers going on my Echo. - Inability to recognize different people. This one is especially annoying if you want to be able to receive/send calls or texts through the HomePod. The speaker is linked to my phone. Even if I’m not around, anyone with access to the speaker can send or receive messages from me (if the option is enabled), despite the fact they are not me. My options are to either disable the feature entirely, or be aware that anyone (friend or family) who is near the HomePod, would have unfettered access to my messages/calls. - Siri in general is lacking. For instance, if I ask Siri if it is going to rain, all I get is a “yes” or a “no”. If I ask Alexa the same thing, I get a percentage chance of rain and expected amounts. Several other instances, but just one example. - No ability to use other music services (i.e. Spotify, Tidal, etc.) natively with the device. As listed above, it is doable through AirPlay, but this comes at the cost of more in depth voice commands. - Was foolishly hoping the Nest would become HomeKit compatible since Apple made HomeKit authorization digital now (no longer requires physical hardware). That is not the case. Another thing to keep in mind, Apple’s control over smart home items is limited to HomeKit devices. More may come soon with recent changes to HomeKit, but if you have anything from Google (like the Nest) don’t get your hopes up and factor into your purchase decision. Conclusion: Overall, the speaker is great, for a speaker. As an introduction to a smart speaker? Not so much. I would only recommend this (currently) to users who are subscribers to Apple Music, primarily use Apple mobile devices, and who have HomeKit enabled devices. Many of my complaints can be resolved via over the air software updates. However, I’d say don’t buy and wait for that to happen, wait for that to happen and THEN buy. Apple is far less likely to address these complaints if they get solid sales of the device out the door.