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Apple Shares New Video on Getting the Most From HomePod
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Does Google Home support Apple Music without using another device to stream it from? #AllAudioOptions
haha did your argument just fall apart?
Which you can turn off if you’re that worried.
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The HomePod sounds better than the Sonos and I have $15,000 worth of sound equipment, so I do care about sound.
Does the HomePod sound as good as my home theater? No, but it’s better than Sonos, for my ears at least.
I think HomePod is generally considered the best speaker of all the smart speakers, based on what I’ve seen.
Kinda like the little remote that came with my first Echo two (three?) years ago?
For good sound I have a Dot plugged into a component system with a real Graphic EQ. Apple shuns custom equalization - they can stick their HomePoo where back up where our came from lol.
It’s not about revenue, principally - it’s about 1984-style surveillance and social control. You think Apple isn’t engaging in the same activity?
"I've found the nearest Bull Moose close to you"
Does HomePod stream Spotify google music music tunin deeser and many more? Nope all you for is one source
There‘s a logic that the HomePod is the prior Siri contact when in use. Mac or as in your case iPhones than are not supposed to do any action. Else all your devices would answer at once which of course is not intended.
Well the big difference between the competitors and Apple is that the competitors have always made products for all ecosystems. While Apple has always been different in that regard, they have created their own ecosystem which has worked well for them as you can see in the sale of products.
It’s not surprising Apple Music works so well on the HomePod. And it’s more cumbersome to play Spotify on your HomePod. Apple is just trying to get more people to jump to Apple Music.
The funny thing is all these shortcomings of the HomePod were well known way before launch.
Buy homepod, realize it won't work without all Apple gear, go out and drop $5k on a buncha Apple gear, use homepod.
Oh, and don't forget to cancel Spotify and subscribe to Apple Music.
Yer welcome Wall Street.
-Tim
Oh, and don't forget to cancel Spotify and subscribe to Apple Music.
Yer welcome Wall Street.
-Tim
I feel like the dictation portion is misleading. Siri can't auto handle punctuation marks, right? Would he have had to actual say "question mark" and "explanation point" at the end of his sentence for the messages to show up the way they do in the titles?
They just closed a deal with China which gives the Chinese government full access to all iCloud Data of Chinese Population. canceled my iCloud sub after that came out.
And then looking at the TOS in some parts google seems to have better privacy than apple...
That is if you been living under a rock, just got out, found the Home Pod and bought it.
People who buy Home Pod are in the Apple ecosystem, they know exactly what to expect from it and that's who this Home Pod is aimed to. Why would I want 2 Sonos if their sound quality is inferior to Home Pod? So Home Pod does not play Spotify directly? Big freaking deal! For millions of people Apple Music is just as good. And these are the consumers this Home Pod is targeted to.
The Sonos One is a very capable speaker, I have two which I use in a stereo setup and I for one would not knock Sonos. The question is do they match the HomePod and I have to say in a stereo setup in my view they come very close. However a single Sonos One does not come anywhere near a single HomePod and personally would not expect it would. The HomePod produces a very different sound, the sound is more layered and one needs to listen to it in one’s home to understand. Just like the Sonos One, individuals can not appreciate the quality of the sound in a store environment, they do need to try them out in their own home. When Apple does release the update to enable two HomePods to work together in stereo or whatever they call it, the HomePod will be on a another level. That’s my view and and at the same time acknowledge the fact many will disagree.
No it doesnt. And noone is saying it does.
But you are claiming competition does, and also supports Apple Music - which it doesnt.
One weird thing about the homepod is that it doesn't have a battery so you can't easily/quickly take it out in to the garden/patio when having friends over.
A pretty honest review worth watching on what the homepod can or cant do from an Apple fan -
A pretty honest review worth watching on what the homepod can or cant do from an Apple fan -
But that doesn’t really answer my question. Which is what does the HomePod do that I can’t already do with Alexa or Google Assistant? Besides the obvious, which is allow me to easily use iOS stuff on the speaker.
I am really curious from the assistant side in HomePod of what I’m missing. That I can’t already do with Alexa.
No, even better, it has Alexa built in (and google coming). Alexa works with far more products than the walled garden homekit products that are few and far between and overpriced.
For example, my security system (Vivint), has been in my house a couple of years. Take a guess at which smart services it works with and which one it doesn't.
For example, my security system (Vivint), has been in my house a couple of years. Take a guess at which smart services it works with and which one it doesn't.
Sure if you want just a sound speaker that has no integration with your Apple devices