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Deals: Rare Sale Arrives for HomePod Mini, Get the Blue Model for $89.95

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B&H Photo is discounting Apple's blue HomePod mini to $89.95 this week, down from $99.00. Only the blue color option is on sale at this price, and it's in stock with free expedited shipping and delivery estimates beginning around August 3 for most locations in the United States.

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This isn't quite an all-time low price on the HomePod mini, but it is among the only deals we tracked on the speaker throughout all of 2022. The last major discount was during the 2021 holiday season, and since then deals have been nearly nonexistent. If you're interested in the blue version of the HomePod mini, be sure to visit B&H Photo before the sale ends.



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Article Link: Deals: Rare Sale Arrives for HomePod Mini, Get the Blue Model for $89.95
 
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Had this been 6 mo ago I prob would grab one, my wife def wants a blue one, but at this point with rumors of new homepods coming soonish I think I'll wait
 
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A useless product that doesn't even support Apps. Amazon's Echo is far superior in voice recognition, it connects to Apple Music and Podcasts and you can install your favourite radio Apps and other 3rd party software like Audible.

We have the Echo 4th gen and it sounds great.
 
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It looks cool, but I'd never buy one again. It needs to be plugged into the wall to get it to work. I can't even plug it into the usb-c port on my monitor. It also keeps disconnecting from my iPhone. It would be a better product if it were Bluetooth, and not WiFi. It should be a speaker version of the airpod.
 
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It's a great device and that's a decent price. I have two minis to go along with my five originals. And with Apple Music I can summon up any song/album/artist/genre with non-stop music anywhere in the house.
 
Marbles1 said:
A useless product that doesn't even support Apps. Amazon's Echo is far superior in voice recognition, it connects to Apple Music and Podcasts and you can install your favourite radio Apps and other 3rd party software like Audible.

We have the Echo 4th gen and it sounds great.
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That isn't due to HomePod's limitations. Apple opened up HomePods to third party streaming services few years ago, but there hasn't been many takers. From what I can recollect, the selection is limited to Deezer, iHeartRadio, Pandora, and TuneIn. Amazon has hinted supporting HomePods, but nothing substantial has materialized.

It is ultimately up to Apple to court third parties, but given the anti trust hostility, I wouldn't bet on it anytime soon.
 
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Marbles1 said:
A useless product that doesn't even support Apps. Amazon's Echo is far superior in voice recognition, it connects to Apple Music and Podcasts and you can install your favourite radio Apps and other 3rd party software like Audible.

We have the Echo 4th gen and it sounds great.
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I much prefer Apple's data policy, I'll take that over a bit better request options using NLP (which is what the echo is *actually* better at, voice recognition on the homepod is actually rather good, see below)

Also:

* if you use homekit it's a hub, works flawlessly to control homekit, and it handles matter and thread too.

* It's got better sound than the cheaper echo devices and the echo devices that favorably compare with the sound are in the same price range

* It integrates with all my apple services - I can just tell it to add to my shared reminder list for shopping with my wife, I can use it to text via Siri, etc. It even will recognize my voice and my wife's and use the appropriate devices for routing those requests, etc.

It's a pretty solid product.
 
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scottrngr said:
It looks cool, but I'd never buy one again. It needs to be plugged into the wall to get it to work. I can't even plug it into the usb-c port on my monitor. It also keeps disconnecting from my iPhone. It would be a better product if it were Bluetooth, and not WiFi. It should be a speaker version of the airpod.
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It either uses more power than your monitor provides or requests a power profile that your monitor doesnt support, that's not exactly a design flaw my dude, it would be true of many products. Mine in my living room is plugged into an anker power strip with a USBC port just fine, no need for a separate brick, and I've used one plugged into my work laptop's TB dock on my desk in my home office just fine. The problem is your monitors power delivery, not the homepod.
 
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So much hate!
I like the HP Mini - works well in smaller rooms and its capabilities as a thread border router for Smart home devices are great.
 
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metaphor1k said:
Do not purchase a HomePod mini as a speaker for your Mac. Airplay is not up to this task. I got one to use as a speaker for my 13" M1 MacBook Pro and it has been a disaster. After many calls with Apple support, no solution was found apart from the excuse "wifi interference."
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I use it all the time that way without issue, do you live somewhere with a high density of wifi networks or an old house with dense walls? If so you may want to check your frequency settings or look into either a mesh setup (one ideally with a dedicated backhaul radio that's out of band with standard wifi, like the Orbis, what I'm currently using personally) or a system with multiple wired access points depending on your wiring situation.
 
I have 2 HP’s but I don’t see the point of the mini’s. They don’t sound good enough for music and for home automation, I can get google or echo devices for less than $40. It’s a product in no man’s land, and I can’t even trust Apple to support this product so why would I waste even $90 on it?
 
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I use it all the time that way without issue, do you live somewhere with a high density of wifi networks or an old house with dense walls? If so you may want to check your frequency settings or look into either a mesh setup (one ideally with a dedicated backhaul radio that's out of band with standard wifi, like the Orbis, what I'm currently using personally) or a system with multiple wired access points depending on your wiring situation.
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The wifi router is 7 feet away. This thing is constantly cutting out. It may work ok for you, it has never worked ok for me.
 
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The wifi router is 7 feet away. This thing is constantly cutting out. It may work ok for you, it has never worked ok for me.
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Too close to a router can actually be a problem for wifi believe it or not FWIW. Also interference from other networks can be a problem even close to your router. It's radio - he who shouts loudest wins, always.

It's also possible you have something odd in your network config, or maybe a bad homepod.
 
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