Last October, Apple unveiled the HomePod mini which delivers impressive sound, the intelligence of Siri to get things done, and a smart home experience that offers comfort and convenience without complexity.
At just 3.3 inches tall, HomePod mini is packed with innovative technologies and advanced software that together enable computational audio to deliver breakthrough audio quality wherever it is placed. HomePod mini will be available in white and space gray at a great price of just $99.
David RS Taylor for The Independent:
The design is nothing less than you’d expect from the branding gurus in California, a gorgeous look that transports us into a future where everything is made of white marble and the smart speakers are in charge of us. You can actually buy the mini in white or space grey, but the Space Odyssey effect is in full force either way.
It might be small, but it sure is mighty. We were surprised by the sound the mini can make, to the extent that we immediately regretted first testing it at 10pm on a Tuesday night. The mini can take any genre of music you throw at it and give you better sound than a competitor such as the Echo dot… For its size, it’s a quality speaker, producing strong bass and clarity in the higher frequencies.
The Apple homepod mini offers fantastic sound for its size and plenty of smart features for its price. It’s incredibly easy to set up on an Apple device, looks fantastic, and does everything you could want of it while taking up a tiny amount of space in any room.
MacDailyNews Take: Another winning review for Apple’s diminutive smart speaker, HomePod mini!
I bought a pair along with the new Apple TV 4K. Love them both but it irritates the crap out of me that I can’t make the Minis the default speakers, and have to switch them every time. If the original HomePods could do this why not the Minis?
Why did they have to get rid of the original bigger louder stereo pairable speakers? Idiots.
Because they didn’t sell well enough?
A problem that could have been solved with an input jack, proper fingertip controls, and a serious price correction. Which is what any real audio company offers in a proper powered speaker or soundbar.
The mini sucks even more than the original homepod. It shows how unoriginal Apple has become, chasing after the home spy can companies. Apple as usual makes overpriced, underfeatured crap and expects their fans to be excited to pay a premium for it.
Lame, small but not portable. This needs to be a portable speaker. Fail again.