Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this to complete another HomePod that I already owned. They work great in pairs! I use my HomePods mostly to listen to music or the radio. The sound quality is excellent, on par with Sonos, and can get really loud. The integration with Apple products, such as iPhones and Macs, is seamless. I can AirPlay anything from my phone to listen on my HomePods. And the same is true for my Apple TV, if I want to use my HomePods as TV speakers. Get two if you want stereo sound!

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.

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.

Has Great sound and Easy to set up. Next step is to add control of lights and other items around the house.

The HomePod is by far the best sounding smart speaker in the market. It offers amazing sound fidelity from a relatively small form factor. Siri is responsive, it can hear your queries from very far even if the music is loud. The HomePod can play anything from your iPhone and it shines if you have an Apple Music subscription. Sadly there are not wired inputs but it is the 21st Century after all. Who needs wires? I recommend Apple’s HomePod to anyone who enjoys music and wants quality playback. Well worth the money.

I really like the HomePod primarily because of the quality of the sound it provides and how well it is made. I also have an Echo device in the house and Alexa has more capabilities than Siri at this time but I am seeing encouraging news about future enhancements to the HomePod and some of the services I use. Apple has a lot of room for improvement on the capabilities of Siri via HomePod but it works well with my house's Hue lights and my iTunes library and being able to add things to my grocery list or reminders.

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 :()

Big fan of Apple ecosystem! This product is no exception. Amazing sound, ease of use with Siri! I recommend buying this!

Easy to setup and use, seamless pairing with apple devices, sound is excellent, voice commands easily understood by Siri

The sound is amazing!!! It’s more expensive than other smart speakers but worth the price if you are looking for great clarity and bass.

Sound quality is quite good, but a single speaker is not loud enough. Bass begins to diminish at higher volumes. Two speaker setup is ideal for a larger room. Apple Music subscription required. It works on airplay over WiFi and not Bluetooth. No WiFi - no music! Still a pricy option compared to other speakers. I tried my luck with a open box speaker, but it had 2 dents and a crack on the top. The store manager could have easily dropped the price of the product since it wasn’t as described, but she refused to budge. After 2 weeks with it I returned it back because I couldn’t justify paying $40 less than brand new with so many flaws. Ended up buying a new HomePod and its works great.

Super loud!! Quality is amazing. Works for any large room as week as a big speaker would. Highly recommend

This was a fantastic purchase. As an audiophile I couldn’t be happier with the sound quality. My friends are annoyed every time I say “hey Siri” but they’re also eating my food for free and using my place as a crash pad so who cares. It does other stuff too like control all the smart devices in your house. Ask it to give you the population of Montana and it rattles off Wikipedia information like a know-it-all hipster. I’m glad I bought it. It’s a treasure and a delight.

This speaker is fantastic! Amazing sound in a small body! I purchased mine during the $199 sale and we use it daily.

I know the knock on the HomePod is the lack of smarts. I agree, however I purchased this for my love of music. No other smart speaker is as "smart" when it comes to sound as the HomePod. I am in the Apple Eco-system so this works perfectly. It is my second HomePod and I am looking forward to stereo sound coming from Apple soon! In terms of Siri, I know apple will begin updating the software that drive it...so it should get better with time.

Purchased this device for my friend who has Parkinson Disease and whose tremors made it extremely difficult for him to use his phone. Not only has it make it very easy to use his phone, but it has improved the experience of those with whom he talks on the phone. Moreover he loves the music and knowledge available thru Siri. It has really changed his attitude and improved the quality of his day to day life

The sound from this puppy is wonderful. Its ability to assess its surroundings and project room-filling sound is impressive. It’s quite heavy which helps give the bass some added “oomph.” It is best experienced when used in conjunction with an Apple Music subscription. One irritation is that it doesn’t seem to be able to begin a playlist in the middle and play forward from there. It must start at the beginning and play the songs in order. Passing off music from an iPhone to the HomePod isn’t always seamless, either. I liked the sound so much that I bought a second one. They were able to quickly identify each other in the HomeKit app and play well together. However, I must admit that it turns out I was fine having only one HomePod. I’d hoped to have one in front of the living room and one in back so that I would feel even more immersed by the sound. However, that isn’t really how it worked out. Instead, one gets assigned as the left channel, and one the right. Both really need to be in front of you for the best combined effect. Our apartment isn’t large, so a singe HomePod would have been fine. I suppose that a person in a larger home would find it beneficial to have one upstairs and one downstairs, but that isn’t our living situation. We’ll likely give our second one to a friend. The HomePod isn’t as smart as an Alexa. Instead of being able to add “skills,” many functions my be airplayed from an iPhone to the speaker, rather than the speaker being able to do it by itself. An easy fix would be for most iPhone apps to have HomePod versions the same way they do for the Apple Watch. The functionality through the HomeKit app is clunky and not as intuitive as you would expect from Apple. The Apple Watch and the HomePod don’t seem to communicate well, either. The watch and the HomePod don’t seem to be on the same page, as the watch is showing different music playing than what the HomePod is actually playing. If you tap the HomePod in the HomeKit app on your watch while the HomePod is playing, you don’t gain access to HomePod controls. Rather, the HomePod starts playing whatever music was on the watch. The HomePod can serve as a speakerphone so I was really eager to use that functionality for when we call family. Unfortunately, the caller on the other line seems unable to hear clearly unless you really raise your voice or literally sit right next to the speaker. I’ve tried speaking to several callers to make certain the issue wasn’t because of one person’s phone. I learned that the issue was always a problem. Perhaps the microphone isn’t as attuned to voices during phone calls as it is to voices speaking commands to it. I know I’ve listed several complaints in this review, so I want to reiterate that this is an EXCELLENT speaker if you want room-filling sound with rich bass and crisp treble. But this is supposed to be smart and functional, too. Apple is usually too customer oriented to allow a product to be deficient for long. They like to make products that “just work.” Therefore, I’m hoping that future software updates will make it smarter and more user friendly. If they do that, I’ll give it all five stars. It’s an expensive piece of equipment so it really should do more things more easily.

Nice quality. Will work with apple tv 4k only. Good surroundings sound, nice effects. Easy to install

I have this in my bedroom. The sound is great and has good bass. Works so great with iPhones and makes it easier to work a smart house.

Amazing sound quality and amazing bass!! I would recommend this to any apple user