I have a Mini in my office. Very underwhelmed with the sound quality and I am no audiophile. Might have to get one before they disappear, to replace it.
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Apple Discontinues Full-Sized HomePod to Focus on HomePod Mini
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I think many people wanted to use the HomePod as a tv speaker. That feature came way later. The sonos sales numbers show that the sound bar sales was the largest part of their sales(I think..). I could see them developing a sound bar style speaker and having the minis fill the small smart speaker segment for them. I’m not seeing the tie in for AirPods Max. Just comparing them side by side to XM4’s, the quality of materials is night and day.
Apple is still producing the A8 chip for the tv and HomePod.
Package deal, so now that HomePod has been stopped, we can assume they halted A8 production and a new Apple TV will show itself at the march event.
I hate this decision. I love my HomePods. In fact, they sound too good in my apartment, I usually have to keep them at 20% volume or it’s too loud for my neighbors.
No — the A8 was in the 4th generation Apple TV from 2015. The current, 5th generation (introduced 2017) uses an A10 chip.
So, I don’t think we can assume that discontinuing the A8-based HomePod would have any direct effect on the A10-based ATV.
I love my HomePods and I hope Apple to continue to support them in terms of integration because I don’t them want to end up as oversized bookends
they never had the smart home in the first place, because of their haphazard approach to HomeKit out of the gate .
They never had usability in mind hence any useful ports are missing.
Well, a wise move for me to not invest $1000 into this now becoming obsolete (not now but will overtime) speaker. However the good sound it may be, not having any alternative connectivity kills it from the start imo. Unlike other cheap throwaway smart speaker they are expensive which means they should not be treated as such. Maybe only Apple will produce and market a product with such conflict of interest and still maintain some semblance of success.
With that being said, Sonos also announced some discontinuation of their own high end smart speaker through software update a while ago and received backlash. I think the best move for me is to not purchase any sort of “smart” devices unless it can be thrown away like those cheap ones. After all, how those devices become “smart” if the customer is not the product.
With that being said, Sonos also announced some discontinuation of their own high end smart speaker through software update a while ago and received backlash. I think the best move for me is to not purchase any sort of “smart” devices unless it can be thrown away like those cheap ones. After all, how those devices become “smart” if the customer is not the product.
They still see the A8 and A10x Apple TVs.
I'm sure apple is looking forward to stopping production of an A8 and A10x so all will updated together as one.
It's a package deal
It also needed to be be able to connect to non iOS devices and have a way of connecting to a TV. I have a pair and love the sound quality, but it is irritating it only works with my Apple TV when I am watching the TV. Apple created an amazing product but excluded it from being widely appreciated. (In my opinion)
It’s been rumored for a while that Apple literally can’t make the HomePod for less than the price they’re asking for it. Assuming that’s true, this move makes perfect sense: can’t sell them at the current price, and can’t lower the price any further.
Apple once again to focus on the dollar and not the customer. I thought the HomePod was absolutely one of Apples best devices. I have four and want more. If Apple loses the battle instead of stepping up to the plate they go home with their tail between their legs. Boy of boy do I miss Steve Jobs!!
if you haven't bought them now, you won't buy them anytime soon. and this is why they're going away. not enough people buying them.
if the bass wasn’t so overpowered this wouldn’t be so much of a problem. For me I have to keep low because otherwise the bass thuds the entire building even at low volumes. I really dislike the sound balance on these things. Even if they‘d just enable an equaliser in the home app it’d make a lot of difference.
Pay close attention to what Alexa records without using the wake word. I removed Alexa after I noticed a ton of recordings of my wife and I conversing. They will be labeled like Unknown audio recording or something in your activity list. I removed all Alexas from the home after seeing way to many of these ”unknown” recordings.
But neither pro nor air have diminutive names. It wasn’t discontinuing the MacBook to only sell the MacBook mini.
air has the connotation of being light. Mini is a term used relative to full size.
I guess you’re new to the tech world. You might as well lose faith in every tech company because they all do that. Sony is the worse. They come out with something new and discontinue it 3 months later.
kinda bizarre you’re saying that “Apple asks you to investing their products”. That’s totally your decision and it’s the #1 reason why I wait until version 2 or 3 comes out before buying a new product.