I dont pause when i tell siri to pause the movie. I say it in one sentence and it still takes ages.
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HomePod Mini Now Three Years Old: Here's What to Expect From the Next Generation
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The example I provided, comparing the audio quality between a 10 year old MacBook and a present day MacBook should have answered the question about advances in audio engineering. If you would truly like further reading, here are a couple of references:
Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker
Loudspeaker technology for the 21st century
Multi room audio is the big selling point. I have a proper home theater in my living room but I like having HomePods in the other room
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I suggest a Sonos Move or Move 2... which are VERY HP-like (including having direct access to Apple Music and Airplay) but are already battery based and easily move around the house. I have one myself and it both sounds and works great with my generally all-Apple household.
It is NOT waterproof- just water resistant. I have it sitting on the charging ring near my master bath and can lift it off that ring and take it into the bathroom or anywhere else with little effort.
Else, there are MANY other not-Apple-branded, battery-driven speakers that could be used in that way too. I favor Sonos because it also has solid Apple integration. But I have a pair of Oontz waterproof speakers which can go for rides on kayaks and take a fair beating but keep on playing. And light bulb speakers is still a thing if you have suitable sockets in that bathroom. I've never tried those but reviews imply they can work and sound fair-to-good.
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With the AI craze lately, Apple is going to have to play big time catch up. But, I wouldn't be surprised to see some significant improvements in Siri in the next couple of years. They can't afford to lose this race.
Oh I see, pause a movie, not Siri pauses. It was a little unclear that was what you meant.
It would only be false advertising if they made the specific claim that they were detachable.
I use it mostly for checking weather, controlling lights, setting timers, adding reminders, and adding things to the shopping list. Basic trivia sometimes
Use it to play music or radio in the kitchen and other rooms too and I use airplay2 so I can have the same thing on in every room if I’m moving around the house
For those things it works great! To the point where, on the lights end of things, I’ll have my hands full somewhere else and try to use siri to change the lights and then get frustrated when it doesnt work
Also the fire alarm listener added recently is nice, something started burning in the oven recently, the fire alarm in the kitchen went off, and then I got a ping from homekit. I was in the garage and I saw the alert immediately and went and turned off the oven etc. great feature on its own
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Hmm, acknowledged usefulness. Too bad there isn't a way to sync up multiple BT speakers in a similar way.
Not bluetooth but I use raspberry pis hooked up to the aux on (mostly edifier) speakers (mostly ones that also support bt like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QR7CT48) and shairport-sync (https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync) to have multi-room audio capability with airplay in the rooms I dont have homepods in (or in the case of the living room the appletv+stereo)
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