It would be great if HomePod becomes officially available in Belgium 🇧🇪 for purchase. 2021 is also the perfect year for Siri to start speaking two languages at the same time so it can cope with the mix of Dutch and French that is the spoken language here. I have to keep mine in English because otherwise it's practically impossible to make queries that include any regional content.
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Bloomberg: New AirPods and AirPods Pro Coming in 2021, AirPods Studio Delayed, Third HomePod Model Also Possible
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I bought one too for the same price and use it almost every day. It makes a perfect sound system for my work from home setup.
If you never use yours, I recommend selling it so you at least recoup some of the cost.
I love my two HomePods in stereo, used purely for music.
More interested in reliability/connection improvements via software than a hardware jump. I intend to use my existing ones until they break or become unusable.
My AirPods Pro on the other hand, they're decent when they work properly, but they're flakey in a just-often-enough-to-be-annoying way, and I'm done with them when the battery expires. Crazy money for their useful life.
More interested in reliability/connection improvements via software than a hardware jump. I intend to use my existing ones until they break or become unusable.
My AirPods Pro on the other hand, they're decent when they work properly, but they're flakey in a just-often-enough-to-be-annoying way, and I'm done with them when the battery expires. Crazy money for their useful life.
plz let macOS use stereo HomePods in airplay 2 for main output cant believe Big Sur hasn't added this yet
I hope they don’t redesign the basic AirPods to use the Pro form. I think it’s nice having a choice. I like the Pros for when I’m outside and want to cut out the noise, but around the house I like the basics, as I find them more comfortable.
Yes, please. I hate the way current AirPods look and will not wear them. Frankly, their design was one major factor why I am more on Android nowadays. I figured a Galaxy phone with Galaxy Buds would give me similar integration, without the embarrassing looks. Make them in black, too, please - though just getting rid of the stems would already be enough for me to give them a try.
Me too. For working at home and being on the phone it’s more comfortable and the battery lasts longer than the Pros.
They are way late in the game. They should have a whole lineup by now. Including ones with screens. Like a Google nest or Echo show. If they had a speaker with a display. That could give me useful info. Like Google and Amazon has. I would snatch them up.
That'd suck.
I hate eartips. I get why people like them, I just don't.
For me, the current Airpods are comfortable, easy to use, and don't block ambient. This would ruin all that.
I've been holding off upgrading my 1st gen AP's since they still work well enough and I figured a new version is on the way - and if Apple futzs up the design like this I'll have to quickly snap up a leftover set of 2nd gens I guess.
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ok, this is good, i really hope they do not discontinue the original airpods despite some of the rumors here that were pointing to that.
I absolutely adore my Homepods as a stereo pair - if you care about great sound then absolutely go for the full size ones as for the money they sound incredible and the spatial awareness makes a big difference. Bear in mind they are bass heavy so if you don't like bass you might not like them but even with heavy bass they are distortion free even at high volume. They beat my previous much 5x more expensive speakers - plus they can be set to work as a cinema sound system for an apple tv which the mini cannot. Im still buying the minis though so I can have multiroom audio in my kitchen and bedroom! I just wished they had made it with a battery so it can be ported between rooms instead of having a big cable in the way.
AirPods are perfect for walking through the city or alongside traffic because they let ambient noise in. 🤷🏻♂️
Well, that sucks. I’m never using earbuds that go directly into the ear canal.
News outlets and “analysts”: let’s just keep reporting that new product revisions have been delayed over and over until we’re eventually right!
I'd find it a little weird that Apple would design the entry-level AirPods without ANC but with silicone tips. The former is an integral part of the APP to cut down on the user's own body noise. They also inherently require users to fiddle with the tips to determine their sizes, I could see how Apple would like to continue selling at least one "universal", "put it in your ears and be done with it" model of AirPods in the lineup. Perhaps something with the tip and internal design of the APP but without the sealing tips.
I can't wait to see what Apple will do in the over-ear segment. The current crop of ANC BT headphones mostly sounds terrible (god awful frequency response curves, frequently worse than older BT headphones), only because of a total lack of care at the design stage (there are little remaining technical limitations to make ANC BT headphones which FR curves don't look like the Himalayas, it's just that they don't give a sh...t as this sort of monstrosity can still sell for $399 : https://www.rtings.com/headphones/graph#1619/4011).
I can't wait to see what Apple will do in the over-ear segment. The current crop of ANC BT headphones mostly sounds terrible (god awful frequency response curves, frequently worse than older BT headphones), only because of a total lack of care at the design stage (there are little remaining technical limitations to make ANC BT headphones which FR curves don't look like the Himalayas, it's just that they don't give a sh...t as this sort of monstrosity can still sell for $399 : https://www.rtings.com/headphones/graph#1619/4011).
Their both easy to use - 1 has 1 more control than the other and 1 different way to execute another control. Not much difficulty there really.
Most of us bought it for it's primary killer feature - being a great quality speaker that delivers room filling sound. Siri is an after thought and to be honest I've been using Siri less and much less every year since iPhone 5S.
Personally I'd like to create a custom Siri wakeup command.