Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got this for a gift for my niece and she loves it. And I do to. I talk to her through a lot.

This is my 2nd mini. As a pair in stereo mode they work perfectly for pc use.

I really like this pod, white isn’t my first choice but, it still looks good. I picked up 2 for the kitchen and will eventually add on more for every room for the intercom function.

The only thing I don’t like about it is that it didn’t come with a matching (black in this case) usb-c wall plug. So I have to use my white usb-c wall plug from be another device. It looks tacky.

We purchased the Homepod because after comparing all of the speakers in the store several times the Homepod seemed to have the best sound out of all of them. We didn't care so much about voice control and knew that was a complaint, so we went with it because we just wanted the clearest sound. All in all, it honestly probably is only just slightly better than Bose and Sonos as far as the sound goes. As far as everything else goes it is AWFUL. I knew other reviews complained about Siri and voice control, but it is legitimately worthless. I can ask her what the weather is like that is where it ends. You can also ask her to play music in your iTunes, but sometimes it doesn't find the music and if you didn't purchase a song or album directly from iTunes than she will not find it which is pretty annoying because the majority of what we own in iTunes, a few hundred albums, was imported from our CD collection. Wouldn't be a problem if Siri/Homepod would just connect to Spotify like every other speaker, but Apple wants you to pay for an Apple Music subscription so they've purposely made it so Spotify can only work by manual input and not voice control. You can not ask Siri on Homepod a question beyond the weather..... it can tell me the temperature and if it's raining or not, don't ask anything else, it doesn't know, it can't look it up. So whatever, we're old, we lived in the time before AI and voice control so it wasn't as important of a feature for us, even though it would have been nice to have. The thing that makes me absolutely, completely regret buying this thing is that there is MAJOR audio lag. It is about 2 to 3 seconds, maybe even more, behind whatever device you're playing audio from. So you stop the music, it stops a few to several seconds later. You want to watch video on your tv or computer and play the audio through you're amazing sounding speaker? TOO BAD! They're mouth is going to be saying the word well before you hear it come out of the speaker. I wish we had just bought a Sonos or Bose system. We cool have had two speakers for the price of this hunk of junk and now we're so far out of the return period we're stuck with it. Do not buy it. Just don't. It's not worth the money, it's not worth the tiny fraction of better quality sound, don't, don't, don't.

I happened to get this device when it was on sale for $199.99 and can say it was definitely worth it! I am always amazed by how much sound and the quality and clarity of it is from such a small device. It probably is worth full price for what you get because I’ve tested other devices in this category and price range and although some of them may have better smart features and integrate better with other smart devices you have in your home, none of them can touch the HomePods sound.

The Children requested this HomePod Mini as a Christmas Gift and they were ecstatic.

I had a longer review but Best Buys iPhone app is terrible and I cant read my review beyond the first paragraph. I bought two minis to use with my Apple TV 4K. The speakers cut out constantly when watching stuff and I keep getting notifications that they are reconnecting to my internet as a new device. Which is suspicious from a wifi security perspective. They also frequently lose connection to my smart home stuff so I wouldnt reccomend anybody buy these.

This is my second homepod! ( They work and interact so well with the wifi signal they are practically indispensable )!! So, I got this second on for outside in the covered patio.

I bought 2 of these, and I must say I love them. I set them up in my living room so I could have stereo sound. They work perfect and we’re a good compliment to my smart home. Highly recommended!

I have been really happy with the larger, older home pods and these do not disappoint, in general. The sound quality is not as good as the larger version, but all else is equal.

Great product will buy again great costumer device no problems what’s so ever everything went smooth !

Its an Apple - HomePod mini - Space Gray. It is exactly what you would expect from Apple

No complaints on the sound because it is awesome, Especially at $199.99 when Best Buy had a sale. Unfortunately since I bought a set of two, the connection To the WiFi is less than Stellar. It keeps wanting to connect to 4g instead of 5g that it’s set to so I often have to manually reset it again and again. Also because i bought two for my loft, I’d like to play both of the same thing music without setting them as Right and Left speakers because they’re in different “rooms” in the loft, but that can’t be done without using AirPlay. Bf and I used his Sonos throughout the loft before and it worked great. Never had an issue with connection or setting it up as individual Or paired speakers. I thought the sound quality would override The need of testy setups but I was wrong. I wouldn’t have bought these if I knew what I know now, even with the better sound. I’d recommend Sonos over these even though they don’t sound as robust for the connection and tethering options. Also, when I connect one of the speakers to Watch a Netflix show on my MacBook Pro, there was a 1-2 sec lag in audio. My laptop is. A few years old but nothing to the point where this should happen.

This is a great item and works great with Siri. We love the intercom functionality to call down the kids for lunch and dinner while they are finishing up remote learning during the pandemic! Great idea.

Almost impossible to buy anymore but by far one of the best speakers I've ever owned. Especially if you put it in stereo with another HomePod. I am nervous that at some point the hardware will fail though because I've seen plenty of stories of that happening and then you're left with no recourse because it typically happens out of warranty but still absolutely love this speaker and wish Apple would bring it back.

This is my first so called smart speaker and I have been hesitant because of privacy concerns, you're basically buying a microphone/speaker hybrid with a processor connected to the internet all the time - 1984 Orwell, anyone? I decided to nevertheless give it a try. Most of my devices operate within an Apple ecosystem, so the choice was obvious. I love what this little thing can do after I was finally able to set it up, but it was a nightmare. It is something designed to operate seamlessly as a Wifi based device. However, the first speaker would not connect to my Wi-Fi no matter, how hard I tried. I spent 3 hours on the phone back and forth with Apple technical support, which basically advised me to reset, unplug everything back and forth. They are usually good for other devices but for this one they turned out to be useless. I have a great Link-sys Wi-Fi 6 router with WPA2/WPA3 mixed personal security settings and network quality is excellent. After 3 hours, Apple capitulated and told me the device was defective and advised me to return it to Best Buy. I returned it and exchanged it for a new unit. In the meantime, I discovered on my own that the Best Buy Unit had an old software and also read on the internet that people who were having trouble were able to connect it to a guest network. When I exchanged the device for a new unit, it had the same problem, would not connect to Wi-Fi. I created a guest network, connected the HomePod and updated its software. Then I switched the iPhone I set it up with from guest network to my regular network. HomePod switched along with it but still would not do personal requests. I then reset the HomePod and set it up again and it worked like a breeze. Maybe yours will set up easily like most, mine didn't and if I were not persistent, I would not enjoy it. You can use it as your digital secretary, make appointments, reminders, play music, radio, news, ask for stuff, fun. It is the first iteration of a primitive AI digital secretary and music player, in 10 years I expect it will do a whole lot of things for you :()

One of the best apple products I have. I never understood the benefits the HomePod mini could have but it is a really easy interface that connects seamlessly to my other apple and smart home products.

Pros Great Sound Integration with Apple products Form Size Cons Siri isn't too good No Aux input to use as a true computer speaker

So I'm a self admitted Apple fan. However I had been holding out for the last couple years on this product. Now that the software has matured, I bought a HomePod and I'm thrilled. It functions as a home hub for my HomeKit devices and it sounds, to me, amazing for a speaker of its size and when I compare it to other wireless speakers. Of course this is NOT Blue Tooth and functions with Apple AirPlay so be aware of that. But for someone invested in that ecosystem, it's great.