However no compatibility listed for macs. I assume it's not enough to be on the same wireless, otherwise there would be more support for older iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad models.
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HomePod Launches February 9, Available to Order Starting Friday in United States, UK, and Australia
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Me too - a few years ago a little Sony mini thing was great for the kitchen. It has a little dock for an iPod to play music from iTunes. But being able to control the music library from the phone without having to go and fiddle with the iPod in the dock to select music will be great.
I mean, I know its First World Problems and all that, but as long as its pretty decent sound, I'm sold on that really. It helps that its a much nicer looking thing than the horrible iPod Stereo thing they did for a while.
And you would take Apple at its word by telling you they collect no data from you??? Drink more of the apple water why don’t you. They collect the same as every other company but just hide it from you like the whole throttling issue. But I guess hiding that from you was ok.
Wow some people are really blind to the truth. Probably think the world is flat right???
James
Weren't the first impressions of people who heard them at WWDC overwhelmingly positive?
I guess it isn't setting itself out as a high end speaker that audiophile geeks will be getting too excited about. But something on a par with Sonos? Presumably that's still pretty good compared to a lot of lower end stuff.
Google have their own and they support Spotify.
I have a Google Home and it works. Well.
I ask it to play music, it does. Sorry but Apple DO need to open for something like this to work out.
I won't bet, but I'm sure that the Homepod, at that price, won't overtake Google Home or Amazon anytime soon until they either release a cheaper one or allow other companies to get involved.
They USED to do it well - Google Maps was great and integrated into iOS. There is no reason they can't do this.
Ah sorry I didn't realise you had listened to the Homepod. How was it? How was it listening to both in a normal room?
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Which means you can get it on a interest free plan over 11 months. I do that currently with my Google Home Mini - £4 per month haha!
(Putting the Homepod at around £30 per month)
Are you really trying to replace your Playbar with a HomePod? It doesn’t even have a digital input let alone many other things. For music, I don’t know which will sound better since HomePod’s not out but there’s 0 chance HomePod will be a better solution for TV.
any idea at what time the preorder starts this Friday? I assume it is a midnight release, but maybe someone more knowledgeable than me could inform me of the likely launch time... also, in which timezone would this release if it were to release at midnight?
I am curious, what sort of personal fulfillment do you obtain from coming to an Apple-centric forum and bash products and a company that you don't like. I genuinely would like to know. I see many people like you on these forums that only come here to Insult Apple and their products. I'm curious because I don't like Android, Microsoft, etc. products but I never go to a website or forum that is centered around those products just to insult them or their products. It's just odd to me that people would spend their time doing that and I would like to understand the thinking behind it.
The way I understand it is that you can essentially just AirPlay to the HomePod from the Apple TV (or any other device that supports airplay). So the answer in your chat is theoretically correct. Whether you can select a default airplay device I'm unsure of however. If you cant yet that may be coming with airplay 2 which we still don't know too much about.
You can still airplay from a Mac on the same network, but you probably need to set HomePod up with an iOS device first for it to even show up.
You're forgetting that Apple sells premium items at premium prices and still continues to make more and more money every year. Whatever the reason for that, enough people will buy HomePod for google and amazon to be mildly concerned. Will Apple overtake Amazon in terms of sheer volume? Probably not, since amazon had several years head start, but I honestly don't think the homepod's price will be any kind of limiting factor. Even if people buy echo's or home's instead right now, the appeal of apple's integrated ecosystem will always draw people back should they ever decide to release a HomePod mini in the future.
Look up my profile. See how long I e been a member here. I praise Apple when I think it’s due. It’s my opinion being that I’m a consumer to feel this way when I loose a companies trust. I still own Apple products and will probably buy more. But I’m honest on how I feel and so are a lot of other posters. Just because we are on macrumors doesn’t mean we have to kiss Apple ass and praise it know matter what.
James
You don't need to praise it, but you shouldn't be spreading lies. All siri requests that are sent to apple are anonymous and encrypted. Apple is not spying on you. If a product isn't for you then state its not for you. $350 is not a lot of money to some people and the potential for Homepod is getting them excited. For me it is the missing link in my 50+ device Homekit house.
HomePod will be available to pre order at 1.30pm UK time
With EE so guessing that’s might be when it’s available on the Apple site
With EE so guessing that’s might be when it’s available on the Apple site
Apple NOT mentioning "mono" is meaningless. They don't mention "alien probes"... or even "stereo"... in the single HomePod case either
As you say that you're an audio engineer, can you tell us what you think Apple means by this description? Specifically what they mean by direct, ambient and diffuse.
Do you think they're using the inputed stereo channels, or creating their own?
Thanks!
You feel the way you do for Apple. I feel the way I do. That’s my opinion. When it is released I hope you enjoy t and it’s wverything you hoped it would be.
James
I looked up your profile and viewed your endless posts bashing Apple and their products. Hence my question. I'll just add you to the list of Apple bashers on these forums that I have asked the same question, for the same reasons, that didn't want to answer the question.
Dude sorry to burst your bubble about Apple being the perfect company with a perfect product. Like I said enjoy your new device. But there are better products out there for a cheaper price. I would do it on any forum that had discussions on products that weren’t up to snuff. Trust me I’m not the only one thinking this is an over priced item. If you have the money go get 10 of them.
Remember many of you people treat Apple as god and can do no wrong. They are like every other company out there. They put profit first and customers second. No if ands or buts about it. Look at all these features we are getting that other manufacturers have had for years. Look how long it took Apple to figure out MMS back when the iPhone first came out. You call that innovation? They are the ones falling behind as of late. But I’m sure you’ll say I’m spreading lies upon lies and that I’m the only one feeling this way. Oh well my opinion and I’m sticking too it. Enjoy.
James
Unfortunately - no. Google Home can't do that just yet. But I have faith that it's coming.
Right now I just go through my recent additions to my Library every few days and parse them out to my playlists.
Still far beyond want Siri or Alexa can do.
What is the point of this overpriced mono speaker for somebody like ME, who owns everything Apple (MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, iPhone X, Apple Watch Series 3), but also has a Klipsch 7.1 home theater setup with amazing sound? I mean I can "Hey Siri, play _____" on my iPhone X without pressing anything, and then Airplay it to my Yamaha Aventage receiver and experience ACTUAL immersive stereo sound.
So why should I buy the HomePod?
So why should I buy the HomePod?
They hide it from me?
Wouldn't it be a much better idea if they didn't hide it from me, just as Google don't hide it from me, for example by way of serving up uncannily relevant targeted advertising?
And no - the throttling issue was nothing like a company hiding its harvesting of data. While no company the size of Apple is going to be perfect, I'd trust them with data as much as anyone else, and still subscribe to the idea that they make their money by selling good quality high end products, whereas Google make their money by knowing as much as they can about you.
Although I guess its difficult to argue against the chestnut that is "keep drinking the kool-aid!".
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Apparently a thing with products is that they don't have to have a point for everyone. Although in 2018, who knew?
Sonos One bass not deep enough??? No way! I love my bass, but the very first thing I noticed when I played music on my Sonos One was the bass. I thought it was way too much. Really. That's the very first thing I noticed. I've been meaning to turn it down as when my girls listen to music at the crack of dawn in the kitchen I can here the deepness of the bass in my bedroom whilst sleeping.
And remember, the Sonos is supposed to be getting AirPlay and Siri.
Unless we're talking about Airplay 2 which my 2009 mac doesn't support at all. And to need an iOS device to use a 350usd seems a bit abusive.