Apple wanted to make a speaker. The market wanted voice assistants.
Not me. I have no use for a voice assistant. But my five HomePods are used all the time.
Apple wanted to make a speaker. The market wanted voice assistants.
I also love mine. But I bought it primarily as a speaker with Siri as a bonus—although I've found her increasingly useful over time.Not me. I have no use for a voice assistant. But my five HomePods are used all the time.
Yup, I would consider myself an Apple Supergeek. I REALLY want a reason to buy the Homepod. Can't find one. Amazon stole this market away.
Great news. It will piss off its customers by making obsolete the original HomePod. This is indication that there’s still lot of stock of it. Maybe the affordable? Mini drive some sales to the big one.
I bought both of mine used from eBay ($210 & $160 respectively). They aren't like an iPhone or laptop, they essentially just sit there with no moving parts so what can go wrong with them? Sturdy as hell and sound fantastic.
Exactly. The fact that HomePod can't just be a Bluetooth speaker is hurting its appeal.
And do HomePods still need to be plugged into the wall?
There's a reason people still buy simple wireless Bluetooth speakers from JBL, UE, etc. You can easily take them in the backyard by the pool or in the garage. And anyone can easily connect to them at a party.
I understand that HomePods sound amazing for their size. And they have Siri and HomeKit in there too. They are true "smart" speakers.
But sometimes people just want sound that's not chained to the wall.
Their loss then. They’d get an amazing sounding affordable speakerI dunno. I don’t know anyone who owns Apple HomePod, and that includes a few Apple supergeeks.
I suggest/dare you give a listen to other $2-300 speakers out there then tell me straight faced that their sound is comparable.I think you're confusing value with cost. Sure it might have a high value to you, but the cost is also too high. Especially when compared to any competing device.
But given how limited the music streaming services are on what is essentially a speaker designed for listening to music, I'd argue that it doesn't have a very high value either.
You need your hearing checked 😁I bought one because I like audiophile gear and like to try new stuff.
It is my alarm clock in the morning and I occasionally use it as a speakerphone, and occasionally I ask it for the weather.
Otherwise it's a total waste of money in its walled garden. For my actual home integration, right now I'm running Alexa which can actually do stuff I need done.
btw: the vaunted sound quality is overrated. Way too much bass in a small room. It needs a way to customize the sound to some preferences.
How will it make my five HomePods obsolete? They'll still work and deliver excellent sound. Why would that piss me off?
How will it make my five HomePods obsolete? They'll still work and deliver excellent sound. Why would that piss me off?
Can you install Big Sur in a MacBook Pro 2012 or earlier? Or iOS 14 on an iPhone 6?why would it make the original one obsolete?
You forgot Air TagsAgain
- 2 iphone models in 2 sizes
- homepod mini
- game controller
- apple tv
- airpods studio
November 3d, Apple will announce mac event for the 10th of November
I will personally never buy one of these no matter what the price whilst it's not fully compatible with all major music streaming services like Spotify. I just refuse to be forced into using apple music. All my playlists and stuff is on spotify and I'm perfectly happy with it. I can either get a homepod and it would be very annoying to use spotify on it, or change to apple music which would also be more annoying.
Frankly even if spotify is included in a future update as mentioned in the article, I'm very skeptical about getting one, I mean what if there is a great app out there for smart speakers but then apple effectively bans the use of them except for their own? I just think it's a ****** practice by apple.... they can do it if they like, it's their product, but it'll never be for me after they've taken so many years to include spotify.
what would a new HomePod2 do? sound better? sounds like HomePod just needs software updates to make it better.
I own 4 HomePods. I bought the first one about 2 months after they went on sale and I picked up the other 3 every time they were on a good sale at my local Best Buy (around Black Friday a year or two ago). All 3 of my HomePods sit directly on wooden surfaces (2 on desks and one on the headboard of my bed) the 4th on sits on a slate topped end table. I have never had any issues with the "coffee ring" that was reported shortly after the product launched. The photos of the coffee rings in tech blogs looked bad but I have personally not seen anything like that out of my 4.Does anybody who owns a homepod know if they resolved the problem of the base staining certain kinds of wood treatment? I don't want white "coffee rings" all over my shelves...
Yup, I would consider myself an Apple Supergeek. I REALLY want a reason to buy the Homepod. Can't find one. Amazon stole this market away.