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
Sound balance is pretty much spot on, with one of the most balanced speakers around, Staggering amount of volume for such a small speaker, Excellent bass, so much that you won't hear vibrations, Supports AirPlay 2 (even if it's not ready yet)
Only works with Apple products, Siri needs work for interpretation and translation, Crossover issues between other Siri-enabled devices, Siri censors herself, and you can't do anything about it, Virtually no compatibility with other music services, Leaves
Apple's HomePod is a curious product. On the one hand, it delivers exactly what you'd expect out of Apple, with a highly polished product that delivers excellence in spades, and all of that is on the sound front.Quite seriously, the Apple HomePod is a stu...
With its advanced audio engineering, there's nothing quite like Apple's HomePod, and its audio is simply amazing for its size. It's not perfect though. It lacks the smarts of Google's and Amazon's assistants and, at $499, is considerably pricier.OverallSp...
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Published: 2018-02-20, Author: Stephen , review by: techguide.com.au
Easy to set up, works well with Apple Music, Siri offers voice control, stunning audio quality, control smart home devices
No stereo pair ability (but it's coming), no multiroom control (but it's coming), expensive (but it's worth it)
Apple has scored a home run with HomePod. It's an excellent speaker and handy for controlling your connected devices. It's audio quality is nothing short of remarkable and, when combined with Apple Music's intelligence and versatility, it's a package tha...
Abstract: Sometimes, years pass before Apple creates a completely new product like the HomePod. During that parade of iPhone redesigns and MacBook upgrades, it can be easy to forget that when Apple enters a new space, the company does it with swagger. The products...
Abstract: Apple's entry into the increasingly competitive smart speaker market is here, and while the tech giant likes to claim it's focused almost entirely on the musical experience, via Apple Music, its close ties to Siri and Apple HomeKit make it tough not to co...
Ahh, the $499 question!If you live alone, are deep in the Apple Ecosystem, use Apple Music and love music – hell yes!For those of us with families or partners, then the lack of user profiles is a real bust, but not enough to stop you buying it – no way. S...
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
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
Apple's HomePod won't slay Amazon Alexa out of the gate. But if you're an iPhone user who prizes sound quality above all, you should seriously consider this speaker...
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Published: 2017-11-20, Author: Stephen , review by: itnews.com.au
Abstract: Apple has pushed the launch of its HomePod smart speaker back to early next year from December, missing the holiday shopping season as the market for such devices becomes increasingly competitive."We can't wait for people to experience HomePod. but we...
