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Apple Announces HomePod mini With Spherical Design and S5 Chip for $99
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I absolutely love they didn’t mention Spotify. Haha. Brilliant. Spotify suck.
Plot twist: the HomePod Mini doesn't come with a charger either.
Still only US? Cmon Apple, there is a world outside US
Pretty cool. Though this is what I'm seeing and I can't unsee it, lol.
eh, it showed up clearly in later shots so I give them a pass on whether they were trying to obscure or just being artsy.
Seems Apple finally woke up to the fact that their HomePod wasn't selling for the asinine 3-400$ they were asking for and brought the tech to a more reasonable $100
Apple introduces HomePod mini: A powerful smart speaker with amazing sound
Apple today unveiled HomePod mini, the latest HomePod speaker that delivers amazing sound, an intelligent assistant, and a smart home hub.
www.apple.com
No mention of AirPlay2?
No mention of pairing with OG HomePod?
Aaaaand (rip for me): "Customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Spain, the UK, and the US are able to order HomePod mini beginning at 5 a.m. PST on Friday, November 6, with availability beginning the week of November 16. HomePod mini will be available in China, Mexico, and Taiwanlater this year." So no mini nor OG HomePod in more locations..
One plus however: "Siri Shortcuts created on iPhone and iPad are accessible on HomePod mini, so users can ask Siri on HomePod mini to start a pot of coffee, _control a robot vacuum_, add milk to the grocery list, and more." Guess this means HomeKit will finally add vacuum cleaners as a category.
Intercom has me more excited than anything else so far.
for 99$ the price point is perfect, i think i'll actually purchase a couple of these bad boys =)
Nope. I give you UWB is neat, but keep in mind the 'updated' processor is one used in a watch, not sure how it compares to the A8 used in the iPhone 6. Not a bad processor. Not even sure what a faster processor would do. I AM sure however the first HomePod will sound better than the mini. Did you buy it to be a speaker or a smart assistant? (hint, Siri just isn't that great lol).
Should have been portable/battery powered.
Also, lol at using siri in 2020
Also, lol at using siri in 2020
Well, I was wrong to be a skeptic about this, and never been happier to be wrong!
Not a terrible price point, but I don't think they will stick at $100 for very long. $70-80 feels more right, even accounting for an Apple tax, given the competitors.
Not a terrible price point, but I don't think they will stick at $100 for very long. $70-80 feels more right, even accounting for an Apple tax, given the competitors.
I'm not enough of an audiophile, so can anyone comment on how this compares to the audio components in the original homepod which has "a high-excursion woofer with custom amplifier and an array of seven horn-loaded tweeters, each with its own custom amplifier"?
In my house we just yell loudly if the other person is in some other room. Small homes ftw. 😆
Hard to say the extent until we can hear one in person, but it will definitely not sound as good as the full size HomePod. My guess is that it will sound similar to a full size Amazon Echo, which is to say pretty good.
My scale for smart speakers I've heard so far:
Amazon Echo Dot: okay
Amazon Echo full size: pretty good
Google Home full size: pretty good
Apple HomePod full size: very good
Note that nothing on that list says great.