Customer Ratings & Reviews

Good size for our kitchen and doesn't take up much counterspace. Sleek design blends in. Sound quality is good although we mostly use it for background music. Overall happy with purchase aside from wishing the cost was a bit less.

I’d take this over the Original HomePod ..it’s more functional and it doesn’t take up much room. And if your in the Apple ecosystem you will definitely enjoy this. The Sound from this tiny speaking is The selling point.

This device sets up very easy. Make sure you are on the latest version of iOS before you begin. The sound quality is by far better than others. Looks great as well not a plastic speaker. With air play I can use with any app, Pandora, Spotify and Apple TV. Siri seems to also respond well. The only ask I have for apple is to have Siri start my Apple TV if I ask for a movie. If you read other reviews that are dated prior to 2/9 I would ask you to report them as they were done prior to the release date. These are just haters who wish android had quality products like the HomePod. Again, great product for anyone who is an avid apple user.

Great sound quality for the size of this HomePod. Could never bring myself to buy the big one but at this price point it definitely exceeds the google home and Amazon Alexa devices. Also works seamless with my other Apple products.

Great sound for a smaller speaker. Easy to set up.

I gifted this for my boyfriend for Christmas and he loves it! He gifted me one for my birthday this year and needless to say its amazing. The setup process is fairly quick. I use this almost everyday to play music. When it comes to setting an alarm, I need it to be LOUD and sometimes setting an alarm on my phone isn't enough lol so having the homepod and the volume it emits has been great! I definitely recommend investing in a homepod in your living space.

I have been intrigued by this product since released, and frustrated with Apple's pricing practices and desire to be a "top tier" company by only offering high end high price products. This device always seemed a bit overpriced and unnecessary for me as I have a nice sound system connected to my TV, but I wanted something for Home Kit control. I like Apple's focus on encryption and privacy especially with the alway on always listening home controlling devices like this. I have apple Home Kit enabled devices in my house, and wanted a quick way for my pet sitter to turn them on and off when she comes in. I tried the Amazon dot last year, but found it difficult to setup and you need to have the always listening feature on. It also required setting up my already existing already working HomeKit enabled devices in the Alexa app which was hit and miss. I was waiting and hoping that Apple would release a cheaper version of this with less speaker and more control. Then Best Buy had this on holiday sale for 100 dollars off retail price. I figured it was worth a try knowing I had time to return it if it did not work. I set it up in seconds yesterday, and immediately transferred the podcast I was listening to on my phone to the speaker. I often wear headphones around the house and listen to music or podcasts throughout the day. This makes it easy to transfer what I am listening to via my phone airplay button and I can hear it clearly from anywhere in the downstairs. It sounds amazing and is so much easier to use to listen to anything on my phone. Yes you can use it without the Hey Siri feature listening. You can press and hold the center of the top panel which prompts Siri so I can turn off the "always listening" or if it does that annoying digital assistant thing where it mishears something I say that sounds vaguely like "Hey Siri" and becomes disruptive (This has not happened yet). I also like that in the Home app on my iPhone I can turn off the Home pod analytics which will not share my always on always listening recordings with Apple or anyone else. I wish the $200 price was not a promotion, but the retail price. After 1.5 days it has proven its worth and made me realize something I was overtly critical of and uninterested in is as good as I was sure it was not. I like being proven wrong. I am not sure I would pay $300 for it at full price, but if it keeps impressing me like this I might eat those words as well.

The HomePod mini has some improvements over the HomePod: it's much less expensive and it will allow you to use it as a smart speaker that will interface with your other Apple devices and apps, including other HomePod minis, Apple TV and the Apple Home app. The main drawback of the mini is that the sound is not nearly as full and complex as the original. Apple has clearly made a strategic decision to develop a consumer product that will be competitive with Amazon Echo smart speakers, and sound quality is a calculated sacrifice for market penetration. The mini allows the creation of "scenes" along with the Home app so that you can, for example, program your Apple TV to turn on and play a favorite channel when you say, "Hey Siri, Arrive Home." The mini requires some patience: not everything is intuitive and to take full advantage of this new member of the Apple ecosystem you'll have to invest some research.

I have two of these now and paired them for stereo. They sound good, especially considering the size. I also use them with Siri for smart home control. I have had them for 5+ months with no problems.

I brought this for my dad. Who is currently battling dementia. When he is having a tough day it calms him down. He pats his feet, and often times sings along. All mom has to do is touch it and he is good to go. He is 94 and dad is 95. They have been married for 72 years

The sound is Great and loud can be annoying when you get to close it turns on but I’m use to it by now!

The best sounding speaker for its size in this market, hands down. Siri leaves a little bit to be desired, but for normal tasks in the Home system, it does well and doesn't overstay its welcome like Google does. As this system gets smarter, this value gets better. It's more expensive but you do get benefits from that in sound.

You will love the HomePod if and only if: You have an IOS device You are already are or willing to be in the Apple Music World You value quality sound You don’t want to order a pizza from your speaker. You will HATE the HomePod if you can put a NOT in front of any ONE of the above statements. People bash this speaker because it doesn’t try to be like any or all other speakers. Judge it for what it is, not what it isn’t. Its great adaptive sound. Voices in particular are clear. Its great with Apple Music. Its easy to set up with IOS. Its small. It blends in with the room. Its quality. Its not for droids. Sorry.

Great sound! I like that it can be paired with my iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. The only place I feel it falls short is being able to use it as a stereo pair with my 2018/2020 update Mac Mini (I can either use one or the other) unless I update my Mac to Big Sur which I am not ready to do yet.

Bought 2 open box Homepod Minis, both in white, at separate times within 2 weeks of each other. Harder to find yellow and orange versions. It's still Overpriced for what it is but saved some money by buying the open box returned items. Wipe them both down with disinfect wipes to clean. One qualified for Applecare while the other did not. Doesn't matter as it won't leave the house and both appeared really new as in people returned it almost immediately so BB can't resell as new. The sound is acceptable, considering it's only used for streaming music and audiobooks from my iPhone. Set them up to have stereo pairing, one on the left and one on the right of each other and used in the living room. There's a slight pause when turning on to stream but it works. Siri is a pain as it doesn't work well so only used to get outside weather temperature and the current time. What's needed for future versions: 1. Battery power option 2. Removable power cable, like the bigger Homepod 2. 3. Include the Bluetooth functionality 4. Work with other devices like PCs/laptops and Non-Apple TVs (as a normal (dumb) speaker) 5. Add stereo pairing with the bigger Homepod speaker 6. Add the update button in the Home app 7. Add instructions on how to Reset the mini (press down on top until lights turn red then white, hopefully it beeps to tell you that it's done). There are other brands with better speakers and prices that offer better functionality. Apple's Homepod [Mini] speakers are meant for Apple users in the Apple ecosystem.

Love my Apple home pod . I love listening to my Apple Music and great size love the color happy to get this one with my Apple TV

When they say mini , they really mean mini. Its the size of an oversized apple ( get it Apple ). Yet it packs sound power and bass. This home entertainment speaker is worth the buy.

Bought 2 of them and use them with my Mac Book Pro and love them. They are very loud and clear and work seamlessly with it and my iPhone.

I actually have multiple of these throughout my home. One in every room and a full size in my living room. Phenomenal device, amazing sound, and easy to use. Makes the perfect addition to my current ecosystem. Very happy.

The Apple HomePod mini surprised me - in a surprisingly and wholly unexpected way. By itself, the sound is good, I'd call it better than similar priced devices from Amazon, and in it's diminutive size it crushes a comparably-sized Amazon device. Set up was the usual wonderfully easy Apple experience and took only a few minutes. Where this sizzled for me, a wow factor I didn't expect - as I was playing with sound from my Sonos and Bose devices I discovered in a single click I had Sonos+Apple Mini! And WOW suddenly the HomePod mini took off as part my Sonos speakers and subwoofer. My home office, spot for the HomePod mini, suddenly had that extra level of depth. I'll admit I went from "hmm, I'm not sure" to "wowza, keeping this!" A fellow shopper in my local Honolulu store was also the typical enthusiast/salesperson. She saw me playing with the in store demo and came over and made sure I knew it was on sale and said to buy two, not one, and the music will take off. So I'll pay that forward - by itself, it's Good, especially if you already have Apple devices in general. But she had the right advice and I have to agree - if you have Sonos, click the button in your Apple phone or iPad to have it all come together. If not, get two of these little softballs to fill in great sound in a small space. That's why I give it 5 stars/Excellent - it's Good by itself, but the sizzle is when you bring in one more, then it hits Excellent.