It's easier than easy. It's automatic. Setting up HomePod is quick and magical. Simply plug it in and your iOS device will detect it. Equipped with spatial awareness, HomePod automatically adjusts to give you optimal sound- wherever it's placed. It can even hear your requests from across the room while loud songs are playing. All you need to do is enjoy your music. The ultimate music authority. HomePod is built to bring out the best in Apple Music. With the intelligence of Siri and access to virtually all the world's songs, it's like having your very own musicologist who learns and plays what you like, and helps you discover music you love. Over 45 millions songs in your home. Apple Music unlocks virtually every song you can imagine. Siri helps you find exactly what you want to hear, and what you want to hear next- including new music across a huge range of genres and moods. And friends connected to your Wi-Fi network can stream their music right to your HomePod, so everyone has a say in what song plays next. Learns what you love. And what you don't When you're really into a song, say "Hey Siri, I like this" or "Hey Siri, add this to my party playlist." Based on what you say and play, Apple Music learns your taste in music. Which means you can also just let it pick the songs. And when you open Apple Music on any other device, your playlists and preferences are right where you left them. Home to an intelligent assistant. HomePod is great at playing your music. But it can also tell you the latest news, traffic, sports, and weather. Set reminders and tasks. Send messages. Hands off phone calls. And HomePod is a hub for controlling your smart home accessories- from a single light bulb to the whole house-with just your voice. This is how you command a room. Just say "Hey Siri, turn on the lights" or "Hey Siri, make the room cooler." You can even ask Siri to set scenes, like "Good morning," that put mulitple accessories to work- all at once. A wide range of accessories work with Apple's HomeKit platform. Just add an accessory to the Home app, then control it with your voice on Homepod.
Manufacturer | Apple |
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Brand | Apple |
Item model number | MQHW2LL/A |
Color | Gray |
Weight | 5.5 pounds |
Height | 6.8 inches |
Depth | 5.6 inches |
Product Id | 1879 |
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User Reviews and Ratings | 4.6 (74 ratings) 4.6 out of 5 stars |
UPC | 190198504524 |
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Bought this as a gift for my husband The sound is amazing and it works with his IPhone. He loves it, (as well as our kids). I personally don't like Siri to always listening in when we're not using it, so easy to unplug her.
$30 off from Sam's Club is a good find. I started my Apple Music 3 months free trial. I like it. The sound is nice. I move it around with me; such as working in garage on a project for two hours. Great to have HomePod there. Or use it upstairs then move it downstairs. Depending on where the people are.
Both two of these mohave a stereo experience in my living room. Makes it sound so much fuller and richer.
Phenomenal room-filling sound! What's awesome about the HomePod is not only the incredible quality but also you don't have to shout at it -- try saying 'Hey Siri' at a normal, conversational volume and the HomePod will pick it up just fine (even when you're playing music at high volumes). Try that with Google and you'll probably end up having to say 'Hey Google,' 'HEY GOOGLE,' 'HEY GOOGLE!!' several times before it hears you. Great for music, great for Spotify (using Airplay on you iPhone), great for using as a speaker for your TV if you have an Apple TV as well. Highly recommended.
Absolutely love it! The quality is insanely high. The sound really does completely fill a whole room. The microphone is also amazing, I set the volume of a song to 100%, walked about 15 feet away from the speaker, faced my back to it and said Hey Siri in a regular speaking voice and it heard me!
Apple discontinued the HomePod but I wanted a second one to pair with the one I had in Space gray. Apple only had white left. I was really happy to find this though Sam's Club. I have a pair set up with my tv and the sound is really great and stronger than the mini.
We have created an Apple HomeKit based smart home and we primarily purchased the HomePod to accept Siri commands to control our home. The microphones do a much better job at picking up our commands over our iPhones or iPads. The HomePod also has great sound and we do use it to play music. We like the fact that we can remotely have it turn on and off while away from home for a little added security.
I bought this about a week ago. Mostly interested in the quality of the sound as reviewed by others. I'm not disappointed. Sounds great. East to move around to other rooms and it automatically adjusts sound for that room. I'm not too much into the home automation, but maybe one day I will and this would be able to do that. I know I can always count on Apple to make a great product and keep improving it over time.
I purchased the HomePod as an alternative to paying a monthly fee to stream your own music from the cloud. I had high hopes for being able to play my music library directly from my laptop. Sadly, using Airplay and streaming directly to the HomePod from iTunes on my PC is not stable - at worst it worked for 30 seconds, at best 15 minutes. I returned the HomePod (thanks Sam's for making that so easy), and back to researching a new option.
If you're expecting mind blowing sound you're in for a shocking surprise. Don't expect a full rich room filling sound of base, highs, lows, and midrange tones. This isn't a top end Bose or Sonos system or anything near comparable. However what it offers is clear, clean, and bright sound. Siri automation is capable but far lagging behind Alexa and Google. I find for what you get it is a little pricy overall but you are paying for the quality of Apple. Quality it is but you can find as good or better sound with a more capable digital assistants for less money. Would I recommend the Apple HomePod? Maybe if you know what you're getting ahead of time and have a house full of Apple products which will pair well together with it. If not I'd probably suggest something else unless you're just dead set on it.