Customer Ratings & Reviews

If you have Apple devices, then this is for you! It’s incredible of the sounds on this device. I got it on sale on Black Friday for $199. I may be hard of hearing but there is sometimes where Siri doesn’t understand my darn Deaf accent lol. But overall, the bass is really good, like really nice. And the sound is pretty loud. Plus, PLUS, if you play it over YouTube, it will play RIGHT IN SYNC, unlike the other Bluetooth speakers I have, it has some delays. But this one is just perfect! Airplay to this thing is really amazing, it connects instantly with no problems. If this is for you, pick it up! :)

When Apple announced they were discontinuing the original HomePod, I was disappointed and quickly ordered another one to pair with the one I bought a year ago. I really wanted a set to stereo pair with our Apple TV. The sound quality is outstanding for such a small speaker. We have it set as the default audio output on our Apple TV 4K and it works like a charm. Far superior sound to the TV speakers (admittedly, not hard to do), convenient Siri integration, intercom to other Homepods in the house, and designed with a sleek look I don’t mind having on the mantle, as opposed to a long sound-bar. Sad to see them be discontinued.

I have had my eye on the HomePod since it was released. For me the cost of entry was always a bit too high. I finally caved when Best Buy had a sale and picked one up. Comparing it to the two echo dots that I have at home, the HomePod was in a whole other league. Sound was crisp and filled the room, and sounded great in multiple locations, due to the HomePods ability to optimize it sound based on the room. Being an Apple Music subscriber, using Siri on the HomePod to play music and playlists that it would think I would like has been nothing short of a treat. I find the music recommendations great and the sound quality unmatched in a smart speaker. Although Siri has gotten a bad reputation, I find Siri is more than adequate for most queries and actions. Again comparing it to my two echo dots, I actually prefer Siri for 99% of things. I have found Siri to have less hangups, especially when making music requests. Apples app “Siri shortcuts “does make customizing what you request from Siri better. However the app can be a bit daunting to novice users. And Siri’s response when responding to custom commands can sometimes be robotic. I have found that Siri is far quicker than Alexa at controlling smart home devices. Having loved the HomePod so much, when they were on sale again, I picked a second one up. I set them up in stereo mode and was again very impressed by the sound that it put out. Ideally, I would have a HomePod on each floor of my home. Due to the higher price of the HomePod, the cost can be restrictive to making that a reality. While I have two set up on one floor in a stereo pair, it is easy enough to move one or both to another floor or a room, plug it in, and have it play without doing anything else. The HomePod works best with Apple Music, but with the upcoming update in the Fall of 2020, Apple will be allowing third party music support on the HomePod. Although it is possible to do so now by air playing to the speaker from your phone, you must still rely on the phone to do so. The new update should allow third party services to run natively. The HomePod is a device for people that want smart home control, with the advantage of privacy that Apple offers, along with a love and appreciation for music. If music is not a priority, there are currently cheaper alternatives to dedicate to smart home control. For music lovers and those in the Apple ecosystem, the HomePod is a great choice.

This is going on year 2 of having this product. Initially was great had no issues, the sound quality was amazing, and bass was booming. Unfortunately now over the past couple month, I haven’t been able to connect to my home WiFi and connect to the speaker. I have restarted it multiple times, and reseted it a couple times a well. Whenever it starts up Siri says “Unable to connect to the internet right please try again later”. Now this speaker is just basically collecting dust and not in use.

Amazing, amazing sound! My family absolutely loves the HomePods, as we now have three and will probably buy one or two more once they go on sale again. The sound is amazing and fills the room easily, And the bass that comes off this thing is incredible. Having Siri Incorporated into the speaker only makes things better. Being able to get voice commands through using HomeKit makes life so much easier. Our speakers are used constantly between music, commands, updates on the weather and more. Wow they are not cheap like the echo, they are made for top quality sound which they deliver. I truly feel the HomePod is one of my best purchases in a long time.

Bought one when it was on sale for $199 to go with another that I paid full price to create a stereo pair. The sound is great with one and amazing when you pair them. I’m using them in a master bedroom and they fill the whole room. Bass is great and there is no true sweet spot, the whole room becomes the sweet spot. Siri always can here you even when the music is cranked up. Also love how hand off works. I can be playin music on my iPhone then hold the phone over a HomePod and the music transfers like magic to the stereo pair homepods.

I am a heavy Apple user so everything integrates nicely and is very easy to set up and control. I was able to connect and control all my LIFX bulbs quickly and LOVE being able to just say to turn on and off certain lights. If you have Apple Music, it is great because you can ask it to play songs, identify songs by lyrics, and add to your personal library or playlist. I think it sounds better than all of the other smart speakers and has a sleek and slim design. It isn’t the smartest speaker compared to others and is very limited on answers when asking questions that are not music related. Overall, I am satisfied with the speaker since I use it mostly for the music and podcasts and leave the heavy searching for my phone or iPad.

I am not going to fully repeat the positive reviews, they are right.. amazing sound, adapts to the room, phenomenal ability to hear your voice commands over any volume of music, easy to set up, easy to operate. Much better than Alexis in that regard, and better sound than Sonos. The haters are also right. They are they ones that give it 1 star and have not actually even heard the product. But they are right, it doesn't works with Android (only Apple Products), its NOT a bluetooth come one come all speaker, its NOT cheap (quality costs), and its NOT stereo. It was designed to be NONE of those. So yeah if you are going to hate something for things it was never designed to do.. without even hearing it.. go for it. I wish I had enough money to put one in every room.

I have beed using this speaker daily since it first came out. Let me just start by saying that the sound quality is amazing! Even to this day there are times that I am just blown away at how clear and crisp the music comes out. The one thing that I really like and haven't seen in other reviews, is the use of home pod to replace my sound bar and subwoofer. I found myself constantly adjusting the volume up and down through different scenes with the soundbar. The home pod has solved this problem. Easily works with the apple TV, producing very clear and balanced audio. If you use an Apple TV and subscribe to apple music then home pod is a must have!

Love my homepod. The sound quality is awesome. The loudness and bass for a speaker this size is crazy. It’s so much better not having to airplay my music. I just ask siri and she plays it directly from the speaker.

If you are in the Apple ecosystem, this the perfect device for a smart home hub. [If you are not (and don't intend to), you will need to go with the Google or Amazon options] The sound quality, Apple Music and Siri integration is as good as advertised. The Homekit options are vast (although the Google and Amazon devices have a bigger selection) and worth it. To me, sking Siri to pull a song from Apple Music (or podcast from the Apple podcasts) and then play with the sound quality is has (and as seamlessly as it does) is the big seller for me. Very good device. Wait for it to go on sale, however, or try to get a price match (which I did) as $299 is a bit pricy.

Wait for the HomePod to go on sale as it has periodically in 2020 ($199 instead of $299). I am a technology professional and am pretty hard to impress, but when I first started playing music through my first HomePod it made me double-take. It was super easy to set up and works really well with Siri voice commands. It's a bit pricey at $299 but if you can get it at $199 and are in the need of a really nice wireless speaker for a bedroom, office, or other similar room where you don't have a home entertainment speaker setup already (and are vested in the Apple ecosystem) then you won't be sorry.

I preordered an Apple HomePod from Best Buy. Picked it up on Friday after work. Early Saturday morning I was at Best Buy buying a second one before they sold out. Yes, the sound was really that good! I own a number of Amazon echo devices including several Echo Show and several Google Home devices. Alexa and Hey Google outperform Siri. But if you’re buying this for sound, nothing even comes close. The sharp, clear high frequencies because of the seven tweeters which are computer controlled cannot be duplicated by any other device on the market today. I do not subscribe to Apple Music. I listen to SiriusXM through my computer using iTunes, and distribute it to these HomePod speakers wirelessly, using the Apple lossless wireless system. That gives an additional benefit of being able to adjust equalization through iTunes. The resulting sound is phenomenal! Please note that after purchasing these two HomePod speakers, Apple updated the firmware. They still do not have stereo capability, but they reduced the bass because a number of people thought there was too much bass! I thought it was perfect before, so I simply bumped up the equalization through iTunes and I’m back to where it was before. Don’t even worry about the stereo consideration. Each speaker fills the room and sounds so multidimensional, you will think you have surround sound from HomePod. Crisp in your face audio in every area of your room! Highest Recommendation!!

We loved our first HomePod and when they went on sale, we couldn't wait to set up our Homepods in stereo. They actually are so precise it is a surround sound in our house that has plenty of volume, decent bass that was unexpected and with Apple Music, we can play anything we wish at any time. They are also a wonderful control for the house with a bonus of being the pest phone speaker I have ever used. They pick up your voice clearly anywhere in the house for hands free and group conversations. I plan on picking up another one for the office to use for both music and for our conference calls.

Practically got this for half price with black Friday deals and credit from Best Buy. At first I thought it wasn’t worth the price, but after using it for a while, for its size the volume and clarity this provides is amazing. The fact that it is always updating to ensure even playback is an amazing algorithm, not to mention the fact that “Hey, Siri” can hear you even over loud music. Definitely will purchase more for other rooms and stereo pairing. Airplay 2 is hands down the best. I can now tell my Apple TV to play audio on my HomePod and vice-versa, so I can have full audio playing throughout my place without missing a beat.

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.

Awesome speaker, especially for its size! We have several of these throughout our home. The sound is fantastic!

I wanted to have better control of my HomeKit so I bought this HomePod to help out. The sound is amazing, and its very easy to use. After everyone in my home was set up and ready to go, it works well. The only issues I really have with the HomePod was the price. I waited until it was on sale to purchase. The biggest plus is being able to have access to Siri and your information whether your phone is nearby or not. Its great for when I think of those random things I need to add to my calendar or create a reminder. We use ours with our AppleTV 4k and it works seamlessly.

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.

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.