Testseek.com have collected 289 expert reviews of the Apple HomePod bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple HomePod bluetooth portable speaker.
April 2018
(74%)
289 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(93%)
2929 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
The HomePod is the most compatible smart speaker with Apple products
Very good music performance
Neutral
Balanced sound
Automatic room correction
Airplay 2 multi-room
Big potential (via software)
Excellent sound quality
Siri listens well
Beautiful
Compact design
Beautiful industrial design
Very responsive to voice commands
Good musical performance
Appears to be more powerful on paper than competing speakers
Siri voice assistant is well-established
Apple's $349 HomePod has excellent bass and consistently superior sound quality across a wide variety of music genres. The speaker is easy to set up and Siri can hear you from across a room
Superb sound quality
Clever auto tuning
Great looks
Excellent audio quality
Attractive design
Easy setup
Incredible sound for the footprint
Apple Music voice control is quick and easy
Setup is ridiculously fast
Clean design and quality construction
An acoustically great personal speaker that uses advanced DSP and other technologies to adjust to a room's settings. Good Siri performance and tight integration with Apple Music
ICloud Music Library
And Apple Podcasts. Solid AirPlay performance. Ability
Best-in-class sound for the price and most prices above it
Looks very nice
You get to say “beamforming” when you show it to friends
Incredible power
Rich audio quality
Ability to adapt its tuning based on acoustics analysis
Chic
Modern design
Impressive sound
Responsive display
Classy design
Sterling sound quality
Impressive mic arrangement
Quick setup
Sleek design
Good sound that doesn't emphasize bass too much
Microphones can pick up your voice even with music playing
Selfcorrecting EQ
360 degree sound
Decently balanced sound profile
Excellent Siri voice assistant distance performance
Great 360-degree soundstage
Superb sonics with extraordinary bass
Great build quality
AirPlay capable
Seriously excellent sound
Siri responds quickly to commands
Subtle design
AirPlay streaming works well
The editors didn't like
It's only compatible with one music streaming service – Apple Music
Apple TV integration not great
Inconsistent Siri functionality
Lip-sync issues with 24fps video
100% ecosystem product
No surround expansion possible
Siri is dumb
Doesn't recognize different users
Limited connectivity
Limited music sources
The more-expensive Google Home Max delivers higher fidelity
Limits you to Apple's own music services
Siri is inferior to Alexa and Google Assistant
HomeKit is the least-supported smart home platform
Expensive
No Bluetooth
You're stuck with Apple-only audio services when using voice commands and the HomePod only works on iOS. Siri and HomeKit lack the polish and device compatibility of Alexa and Google Assistant
You're stuck with Apple-only audio services when using voice commands and the HomePod only works on iOS. Some key features
Including multiroom audio and stereo pairing
Aren't yet available but are coming soon. Siri and HomeKit lack Alexa and the Google
Siri isn't that smart
Apple user limited
Supports fewer music services than other smart speakers
Siri is very limited compared with Alexa and Google Assistant
Non-Apple music sources are second-class citizens
Siri isn't as strong as an assistant
Stereo pairing and multi-room aren't ready at launch
Android users are left out in the cold
IPhone integration is single-user only
Clearly intended solely for those in the Apple ecosystem. Requires an iOS device for set up. Direct internet streaming limited to Apple's media services. No wired audio inputs. No Bluetooth audio support. Siri assistant only works for a single primary use
Voice controls only work with Apple Music
Siri is still frustratingly limited
Can't tell different voices apart
Pricey at $350
Lack of music services integration beyond Apple Music (though you can use AirPlay to stream Spotify
Pandora
Etc.)
Siri isn't as intelligent as other voiceassistant services
Only compatible with iOS devices
Ecosystem lockin
Siri should do more
Closed ecosystem
Pricey compared with rivals
Only works perfectly with Apple Music
Can't even set it up properly without a relatively recent Apple device
Siri still isn't all that helpful
Hard to visually see if the speaker registered your voice from across the room
No EQ
Doesn't get very loud
With compression artifacts at max volume
Integrated music streaming restricted to Apple Music
Published: 2018-07-24, Author: Екатерина , review by: zoom.cnews.ru
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Published: 2018-02-13, Author: Ян , review by: mobiguru.ru
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Abstract: На конференции WWDC 2017 компания Apple представила «умную» колонку HomePod. Посмотрим, в чём же её преимущества перед конкурентами.Соперниками новинки от Apple выступают Google Home и Amazon Echo. Каждая колонка оснащена «умными» функциями и выступает це...
Published: 2017-06-07, Author: André , review by: canaltech.com.br
Abstract: Tim Cook apresentou seus planos para reinventar a forma com que curtimos um som em nossas casas. A novidade que chega em 2017 é um novo speaker inteligente que vem para bater de frente com o Google Home e o Amazon Echo: o HomePod. Assim como a Apple reinv...
Published: 2018-03-01, Author: Maria , review by: pplware.sapo.pt
Qualidade de Som, Qualidade de construção
Limitado ao ecossistema Apple, Siri apenas em Inglês
Foi no verão passado que a Apple apresentou o HomePod com o objetivo de reinventar a forma como se ouve música em casa.Este gadget, que traz consigo a assistente virtual Siri, já chegou ao Pplware e este é o momento de lhe mostrarmos tudo o que tem para o...
