Customer Ratings & Reviews

By far one of the best sounding speakers Ive owned. They might be a little expensive, however, they sound amazing. People ask me if I have a subwoofer because all they see is this small speaker. Siri still sucks but the speaker itself is nice and well built.

Many would be hesitant to spend $300 on a smart speaker with so many more affordable options available (and rightly so), but you’re already invested in the Apple ecosystem and care about great sound quality you won’t be disappointed. I have a 2 HomePod setup that I use as a sound bar, and have been very pleased with experience so far. A commonly overlooked feature is that it supports playback controls with your voice, so if you need to pause or play the tv, just ask Siri! Keep in mind, this speaker is not a Bluetooth speaker. Apple uses Airplay 2 exclusively to deliver the highest sounds quality and greater range of connection. If you already have other Apple products and don’t plan to change, I say try it out!

Upgraded from the echo dot and I have to say, the HomePod is a must have. Easy to set up especially with other Apple products. Very responsive and the sound quality is out of this world, deep bass and crystal clear sounds through the speaker. Definitely would recommend.

The sound quality is like no other. Extremely easy to use with your voice. I like that I can pretty much tell Siri to do any function. Planning on buying a 2nd to use in the bedroom to be able to sync as 1 player but can be hear throughout the house.

Owned many echo's in the house but always had an issue with music. The sound just was not there. Another issue with Amazon Echo's is if playing music loud, you had to yell to get Alexa's attention. So next thing you knew everyone is screaming for Alexa to have "volume up", Stop... and so on. It was irritating. So, once the Apple Home Pod dropped price down a 100 dollars, decided to give it a try. The music quality is incredible! It really does fill the room. Got another one and whole house music is incredible as well!. Changing volume individually for each speaker is very nice from iOS devices. And using the Home Pod microphones for commands is light years ahead of an Echo/Alexa device. We can calmly say "Hey Siri" and the HomePod will pick up your voice no problem. AND, she is not dumb. For what we need to ask, she answers. So if you are on the fence, get a HomePod. We have Spotify and we use it as well, we just add the speaker from any device that is playing within the house.

I own a few other speakers (Bose, echo dot, google mini) this is by far the best of the bunch. Sound is great. And works seamlessly with other Apple products. I was also able to find this as an open box item while it was on sale which didn’t hurt either.

Apple’s homepod is an awesome speaker and having Siri is great. It works great with the Apple TV and you can even control the tv by voice when connected. It does lack with integration with anything not HomeKit enabled. But I do believe that will change when Apple opens it up to everyone else on a software level vs the current hardware. Make that change and this might just be the best smart speaker.

I had 4 Alexa speakers at home, now I have 2 home pods and getting 2 more as soon as I can. the sound is great, Siri is not intrusive like Alexa, It feels more natural to give Siri comands when controlling my Smart house. I have all my music from Apple so I have no issues when accessing my Albums.

I returned my Bose Soundlink 10 and paid the well worth difference to move to the apple homepod. This device has not received the proper spotlight it deserves. The device is an excellent addition to my apple home ecosystem. The sound quality and deep base is superior to most of my prior 5.1 component systems over the last 20 years. A product that is quality and futuristic in quality and design. Siri is what Siri is, but if I have to pick an overlord that listens to me at all times, but comfort is more with Apple than any other options that have more to gain by collecting data from me.

My family is pretty deep in the apple ecosystem. I held off on HomePod because of the price and we have the first gen Sonos. I bought this on sale at see how it could make things easier. Pro’s: Great for music on iTunes (most time). My family picked this up rather quickly. Good quality speakers and fills a room nicely Great if you use HomeKit. Also good for looking up info such as weather, movies, store info. Timers, I do a lot of cooking and the ability to have multiple timers going is nice. Cons: The voice recognition for music goes wonky for bit and I can’t figure out why i will say Siri play the classical station on Monday it will play the right station. Then on Tuesday I will say the same thing and something complexity different comes up. It does this for a few days then it will go back to normal. Whenever you say hey Siri every Apple device answers and it is random to which will answer your request. On the lighter side if you have some names is even remotely closed to Siri, Siri will answer. My daughters name sound simplified to Siri, and Siri will answer when I call her. Overall it is a bit iPhone which has great sound. It is a nice to have and the family picked up on its use right away but some glitches that pop up now and then stop it from a perfect score.

Sound is excellent and works great with AirPlay 2. Since we are all on Apple iDevices/Mac, connectivity is not even a concern. You can AirPlay using Spotify if you like, but I've decided to give Apple Music a try instead being a non-Facebook connected music platform. Having the HomePods have helped me to better understand the Apple Music implementation, which is not nearly as easy to operate as Spotify or Pandora at first. I now like Apple's music implementation better as I use it more. I would recommend that you buy two HomePods at a time since you may want to use a twin stereo setup in the future. I have them in separate rooms which cover the first floor quite nicely. They are easy to move around with Apple Home App. Also, the HomePods can act as an Apple Home Automation hub if you don't want to use an AppleTV or iPad. All in all, we are glad we bought them on sale at Best Buy, appreciate the quality and will be listening to music much more (and less TV).

I love this device. It receives much criticism because of it not being the smartest speaker out there. However, the quality is phenomenal. I use it to play music and do simple alarms, or turn off smart plugs. I do not ask the fun questions you can ask other home assistants. I can say “Hey Siri play songs I like” and it chooses personalized music for me that I enjoy. *DISCLAIMER* I would NOT PURCHASE unless you have an Apple Music subscription. There are still many things you can do with this device, and it can still stream sound from your phone no matter what app you are using. However, I have found it’s peak performance is with the Apple Music subscription. Overall I have really loved this product. I even bought one for my parents to have at their house, along with a friend who has people over often and has an Apple Music subscription she is always using. Would 100% recommend.

They are cute, full sound for the size and best to buy on sale. I find them a bit base heavy on balance and the lack of adjustability does not help. I use them for background music in my office so serious listing is not in the cards. Microphone can pick up Siri commands in other rooms which is nice.Siri is just as dumb as always.

The Apple HomePod is great. We purchased the smaller one earlier this year and liked it so much we decided to purchase the larger one and we are so happy with our purchase. The sound quality is great and it is so easy to use.

If you're in the Mac universe, this is the only one to buy. The sound is very impresive, the responsiveness of Siri is a quantum leap better than the past versions and the ease of set up is remarkable.

I used to have a killer $5,000 stereo I bought 30+ years ago. In particular it had top-rated speakers. Alas, the spousal acceptance factor for it was low, and I stupidly sold it to make my now ex-wife happy. So I have had exposure to excellent sound reproduction equipment. I was very surprised at how nice two of these sounded (my other one is white). Definitely worth every penny. Note that I use them only as speakers; so I can't speak to their other functions as I killed Siri for privacy reasons. I do suggest you search on line for the setup directions to make sure you have what you need to do it; it appears to require a smart phone (I could be wrong about that).

Purchased two of these for my husband g Gi or father’s and he absolutely loves them. For the price it was definitely a steal. Currently still enjoying them. Only downside that I find is that it doesn’t connect to WiFi but, overall great quality.

We had purchased a pair of HomePod speakers for our new kitchen to (hopefully) replace our old in-ceiling speakers with a more modern option. It was stated on Apple's website that if used in pair, the speakers automatically work in stereo mode. It wasn't until we actually tried to get this functionality to work that we realized this feature won't be available until late 2019. I just don't see how a speaker designed primarily for its sound quality can advertise itself as stereo without actually supporting that feature. Aside from the above, the speakers failed to connect after an hour of use. We had to continuously unplug the power cord and restart our phone (running the latest iOS). Half the time, trying to play music through Apple Music, we'd just see a spinning "loader" bar as it tried to connect. We spent two hours trying to troubleshoot the issue, but frankly, gave up. We wanted a seamless, reliable audio solution, not something that we'd need to constantly update and restart. It's really unfortunate, because when they did work (in Mono mode), they sounded quite well. They're going back to the store the same day.

I didn’t want to like it! But it convinced me. The home pod can only get better from this point. The sound quality is great. It’s looks are perfect and the controls are awesome. It made me want to get an Apple Music subscription.

Being a huge Apple fan, I knew I would eventually purchase the HomePod. It’s great sounding and makes a good assistant. However, the $350 price tag is a little steep for a good speaker with a few commands. It won’t even make calls (yet). An Apple fan like myself may get the most out of it. But to the average consumer, the Sonos One with Alexa is a more affordable speaker, that sounds just a great.