Customer Ratings & Reviews

Having purchased a pair of Home Pods on on launch day from Best Buy (at the $349 price) I've been a long-time fan of the smart speaker category. It wasn't long before my Google Home and Amazon Echos became paperweights. This HomePod mini at a $99 price point makes for the perfect stocking stuffer or even primary gift. In fact it does some things even better than the original. Sound quality is amazing, particular when paired with another for left/right Stereo. Even solo, they produce surprisingly full volume from a small sphere. Siri still trails the other smart assistance, and sends me to my phone more than I care to admit, but the utility of these are amazing. Adding them to rooms in your house makes your abode that much more accessible. Also cool is the ability to schedule or add events to play specific music or playlist based on a trigger (Wake up event, bed time chime, sunrise, sunset, etc. ). We used an Eve outlet to turn on Christmas tree, so "Siri, Christmas time" turned it on, dimmed other (Lutron Caseta) lights, and started playing Christmas Music throughout the house. My wife and I purchased a dozen of these between BB and Apple, mostly as gifts. The responses have been overwhelmingly positive, especially among those who's only other Apple device is an iPhone, thus making this an excellent gateway entry expanding usage on the ecosystem. The new to iOS 14 feature for HomePod mini has to be the INTERCOM. With it you can use your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, or other HomePod to communicate with Mini's in other rooms. "Hey Siri, intercom, We're starting the movie", or "has anyone taken the dogs out?". Your voice is then played either through the HomePods and mini's in every room, specific rooms, or just a floor (based on the room and floor you select upon setup) Family members then "reply, I did, got it" or whatever. This sure beats the 70s built-in wall units of yesteryear. Additionally the new Mini sports Thread Mesh Networking protocol, so the more Thread devices you add, the more redundant, and wider your mesh network becomes. We're also starting to see other manufactures support Thread, namely $20 Nanoleaf interactive color light bulbs. PROS +compact cute WAF wife-acceptance factor +surprising sound quality +cool factor adds tech to every room +Whole-house (floor, or room) Intercom is great +Thread Mesh Networking future proofs expanded functionality +magic price point +Apple Music and playlist integration CONS -only big brother model sports Dolby Atmos -would love to see a $179 / 2-pack for stereo CONCLUSION This product might be one of Apple's more successful sleeper hits, if the Reddit /Homepod forum is to be believed. Countless new users RAVE about sound quality, and then are later ingratiated with other features they didn't know it could do. Recommend : BUY !!

As I wrote in my other review about my second HomePod.. these are awesome and I should add they are awesome when they come in pairs! One in my bathroom and one in my room. I can wake up in my room, gather the clothes I want for my shower, maybe play some video games before my shower, then go take my shower and do my morning routine. All while listening to the same music and not having to touch my phone at all. Only gripe I have is that it plays the clean version of songs whenever I ask through “Hey Siri”

Very loud and nice, I love how easy it is to use and wow when I say they’re loud wow they’re and bass is so beautiful

Love this purchase! It is exactly what I needed. It is small but loud.

Amazing sound quality, great design, and very loud for the small size.

I purchased this item along with a Mac mini. My plan was to use the HomePod as the speaker for the computer. So far it has worked well. The volume is such as it allows me to watch streaming services with great sound. I also like using the device as a time and alarm. I hope to find other uses for it in the future. Good purchase

Way better sound than I expected, gets pretty loud without compromising sound, works great with my Homekit and Apple devices too! Planning on getting more for other rooms in the house

love the color. Very loud for a mini speaker. Will definitely buy another one for my living room.

Really like this little speaker. Compact size but still gets nice and loud without losing too much quality.

I love this little speaker. It gets really loud in my bedroom. It’s nice that I can use it with Spotify through Airplay.

I love this apple HomePod mini! It’s wayyyy cheaper then the original ones they first released. The speakers are LOUD and I’m happy with this purchase!

I love this little thing the volume, bass and clarity are amazing

I absolutely love my original HomePod (the big one), so when Apple released the mini, figured it would be great to have additional wireless speakers to place wherever and try out a multi-room audio experience. The sound quality is surprisingly good considering how small they are! Comparable bluetooth or smart speakers I have heard sound like they're going to blow up when they get close to reaching their upper volume limit, but the HomePod minis have barely any distortion at their highest output! They can get really loud too! The bass is present, but not room-vibrating, and the sound is very balanced. I use a pair of HomePod minis connected to my Apple TV and the audio sounds great for casting music or watching TV. Since these are purely wireless speakers (there are no inputs other than the attached power cable), I have fairly frequently had issues with audio cutouts or lag when casting music through Airplay. Sometimes the music just stops completely and starts playing through my phone instead. Not a super seamless experience, but could come down to router issues. There are times when I cannot even select the speakers because they disappear from my Airplay menu, even though I am connected to the same Wifi network they are on. Important note too – If you can't cast audio through Apple's Airplay protocol (so basically only through Apple Devices), you won't be able to get these to work – they lack bluetooth audio functionality! Plus, Siri is not very helpful when asking for requests. I would say 60% of the time it will be able to 1. Recognize what I say and 2. be able to do the request I asked. Lots of "hmmm, I'm not quite sure" or "could you say that again?" responses. After a couple of years of software updates, you would think the experience would be slightly better, but smart home assistants still have a lot of evolving to do. They still don't work well with music streaming services other than Apple Music (at least when asking to play a certain song or artist), so that is a continuous burden since I do not use Apple's services.

I have only used Amazon Echo devices, but once I saw that Apple release the HomePod mini, I had to give it a try because it was the perfect size and price point. The first thing that came to mind is how powerful this small speaker is. I never doubted its quality because the speaker itself weighed a good amount but the sound quality & volume was impressive (especially for its size). I live in a pretty large 2-bedroom apartment and this speaker doesn’t fail to fill the room with sound. But, there are some things I would keep in mind. first, the Siri assistant is subpar at best compared to Alexa, apple really needs to work on that. Also, I wish the homepod mini came with a detachable cable like the larger homepod. I would also like to mention how easy & seamless it is to pair the device and sync it with others. I plan on getting a few more so that I could put them in the bedrooms and have the music sync up and play around the whole apartment!

Wonderful sound - excellent ease of use. The complete package. I got the second one to complete my stereo effect on the bedroom television. Great size, great volume!

Very clear and easy to use and volume is great and looks good

This was a birthday gift I got and I absolutely love it!! I love telling Siri to play a playlist podcast or song asking her to play something for me and being able to control the lights and tv in my room also love that I can set an alarm and have it play my playlist so I wake up listening to my favorite music! You can also set the alarm to play podcasts too! I love that it acts as a hub so I can control my HomeKit devices away from home if I accidentally leave the tv on or lights on or even the HomePod on playing music! It’s got amazing sound quality and the volume is great I can hear it from afar if I have it up loud and I love that I can tell Siri to lower or raise the volume! The bass and everything is just amazing!!!

We purchased two, one for the kitchen and one for our bedroom. The sound quality is really good and the volume and fullness of sound is amazing for such small speakers. We are definitely glad we purchased them. We use them to listen to Apple Music, podcasts, and audio books. We are very pleased with them and recommend them for iPhone users.

Small but mighty. Excellent sound quality for its size! Rich full sound at highs, miss and lows. Does get very loud but perfect for a small room like a bed room. Perfect if you are deep in the apple ecosystem. For example subscribe to Apple Music. You care pair it with another mini and have full steel sound. I would highly recommend it to someone who was thinking of buying an apple smart speaker but didn’t want to spend the money on the regular home pod which has tremendous sound quality.

It’s a good sounding speaker with voice activated controls. Rather loud too for its size. Also if you buy multiple units you can connect them which a cool, but expensive feature. If you are in the Apple ecosystem then I would recommend getting it if you are looking for a speaker. Lastly I like that it’s small so it can be discretely placed in whatever room you decide it to be in.