Top 10 Everyday HomePod Mini Uses! Why You Need One

[@CraigsTechTalk]

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[@erintherapy]

Hey Craig! Question: (Thank you so much! I find your reviews information and enjoy your energy in them!) I'm thinking of converting my home to HomeKit, but learned that I would have to completely buy a new house thermostat. Do you know if there is a HomeKit house thermostat that 1- WON'T auto-lower when I leave, and 2- that I can still control while NOT on my wifi? I change my thermostat from my phone right now before I get home if I'm gone for more hours than expected, or for more extreme weather than expected while I'm traveling. Your expertise may save me HOURS of research!!! Hope you can help! Thank you in advance.

[@geek2330]

I’d like to see if they can improve on the delay when you give the HomePod mini a command, there seems to be a very long pause sometimes

[@DANERNI]

I just checked my phone because I thought it would be faster, but not really also experienced that bad internet connection will delay Siri as well... but all in all, Siri is still bad, no follow up questions etc........ But I do like your video and the additional information what's possible , thank you

[@antonymaw6569]

@@DANERNI PPP Pvt up

[@Elite_Aviator]

I find that the delay is contingent on Wi-Fi strength to the HomePod mini.

[@brendomiryr]

Apple has appeared to fall far behind in the personal assistant space. It’s bizarre how it’s been this long and we’ve gotten barely any improvements. When will we get an official Siri 2.0? Technically they never announced she wasn’t beta anymore.

[@weedywet]

Yes, using my iPhone directly or CarPlay is MUCH faster

[@scotiajinker8392]

That delay when u asked about meditation timer would make me throw Siri out of the window.

[@JonahhChavarria]

sounds like you need to meditate 😂

[@DennisEK_]

@@JonahhChavarria nah he right. Siri is slower than politics in exercising the will of our commands.

[@Asaph07]

Hilarious 😂comment😂

[@ferret63]

Same. My google home does the same 😔

[@itsme4505]

I agree

[@philipmoriau599]

I'm surprised by the delay here. I use siri often on my watch, phone and via carplay and I usually don't have this kind of delay. Did you have a bad wifi connection or something or is this specific to the homepod?

[@mencibenci]

it’s specific to the homepod, all my minis do this, they’re on super fast 5ghz wifi, but they’re still pretty stuttery :(

[@cell1540rol]

It depends on what kind of day Apple’s horrible servers are having. Some days my HomePods work fine, other days they are super slow.

[@videoeditingprojects2355]

I like what Apple is doing here. I just feel that they aren’t pouring as much recourses in as they are on their other things like iPhones, iPad, etc. Also, I feel that the person they picked for director of Apple Home is not doing his job compared to those for other Apple products, and it shows through. They have so so so so so much potential. The hardware is there, the software is there but needs to be overhauled.

[@AudrianaIzarraras]

Fr. Cause a cord??????

[@rainbomg]

Don’t you have to have the specific and limited smart devices that apple HomeKit lists? I’m confused about this. I’m using google home right now with all sorts of generic smart bulbs and a thermostat and smart plugs and whatnot. None of those devices are on the like 20 item list of things I can use with apple home kit. They all connect to google. Will getting a mini change this? And/or can I connect it through google home?

[@Tailsnpaws]

Siri is painfully slow. I noticed that many improvements were bestowed upon Alexa. Speed and accuracy among them. We never had, "wait a sec" coming from Miss A. Good video though Craig. Always informative. Thanks.

[@jblas82]

My iPhone only tells me "Just a sec" when I have a painfully slow data connection while out and about. While on wifi, I never have this issue. Could it be that he doesn't have a fast wifi connection? Or is the homepod mini just that slow?

[@armandolucero9522]

@@jblas82 I’ve never had an issue with my HomePod being this painfully slow, typically it may say “one sec” when I request to turn on lights but the light come on while she says it(not after). It could just me an internet issue.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Hello John and Armando, this has been happening more since the latest update. Internet is very strong. I have seen a few others say that have seen more of it. But like you said, I have heard the “one sec” and the scene has already run. I don’t edit feature demo speed so the good and bad shows. With some of these you get the slow ones. One thing I do wonder is if any of it has to do with not using a feature regularly. With the combination of voice match and personal request, does it add anything to a lesser used features. Thanks for watching.

[@jua7265]

I use HomePod and Siri very regularly all throughout the day/night and rarely have anything but instant replys. Alexa has also become fairly stable too. What I have experienced is if a specific Siri module is unavailable , such as timers, there will be the ‘just a sec’ response (while other requests are immediate) but Siri speed has certainly been increasing since Apple localized the service rather than entirely based on server-side services.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Thank Jua for sharing your experience. That is good to hear another hands on use other than me.

[@trebm3]

My biggest question here. Outside of better sound as a speaker why wouldn’t you do any of this on your phone which most people carry around with them at all times

[@Chasingdreamsnothighs]

For me personally when I get home i leave my phone in my sleeping room along with my apple watch. The Homepod is in my work/lounge room and comes in handy for certain things.

[@GameingWiz]

Couldn’t find a need to purchase a HomePod mini…until this video! Great video and thank you for not editing the response time for Siri. Those things matter and shows that your reviews and tips are authentic. Great job 👏

[@geoffclarke8434]

Sound wise, would you say the apple home pod mini was better than the Amazon echo plus. Thanks

[@alexanderengstrom8284]

Much better

[@picnicphoto]

I have 2 original large Homepods in stereo which I love and they have gotten better with each upgrade--I use timers, use REminders and add to lists, call or message, music of course. I never touch the HOmepods. I wanted one in the BR to listen to radio :(CNN and MSNBC) or music (may tell Homepods to play everywhere) when I'm in there or near--so bought a Mini awhile ago. I had an Echo Dot in there--really disliked it--so the Mini was just right. Have considered adding another that will be more of a floater (I have done that with the BR--moved to LR and onto covered porch). Oh, do use Mini for music until sleeping also--tell it to set a sleep timer. I rarely ask them to answer questions--find I get better info from using Ipad or Mac. or phone.

[@cellularrepublic1]

I've noticed Siri has been saying "one moment" "just a sec" more then usual lately. Especially on my homepod mini's

[@christophercrawford2736]

*more than

[@mencibenci]

yup, it’s been pretty slow and stuttery lately

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Yeah, it had been annoying. I would love to cut that stuff out. But it has been happening. Thanks for watching.

[@giacap6180]

Hi guys. Not an expert whatsoever, but this has a lot to do with your internetconnection. Or the homepod needs to be updated. Haven’t had any problems with any of my homepods 😄

[@Fievelavie]

It’s a fail

[@janamkirkland]

Craig, How did you get your curtains to automatically open at a certain time? What device did you use and was it HomeKit compatible?

[@videoeditingprojects2355]

I’m sure you can look it up. And it would have to be HomeKit compatible. Just look up “automatic curtain opener for Apple HomeKit”

[@isaach2621]

Hey Craig I got a question can you use the HomePod like alexa. I use it to detect when I walk into a room to turn the lights on and when I leave to initiate guard mode, is there anything similar on the HomePods?

[@mohitgadre4290]

I got my parents some HomePod minis for Christmas. But they’ll never see this comment so my secret is safe 🎄🤫

[@ahmedsherif11]

I know your parents and i am going to spoil it 😎

[@CraigsTechTalk]

That is a great gift. I hope my kids buy me cool tech gifts when I get older. Hope they enjoy it.

[@CBigsby]

I am telling your parents.

[@johnny2003]

Already sent this to them.

[@JonSaunders.]

Me too

[@videoeditingprojects2355]

Thank you for bleeping out the Siri’s so my own Siri doesn’t activate every time 😂

[@runforrestrun1965]

What’s the difference between a mini HomePod and a full sized HomePod? Do you need the full-size one then get the minis after to extend range etc?

[@MrOzzy281]

They are separate, not even sure they do the big ones anymore

[@Onewiththestud]

I am planning to buy a apple HomePod mini as it’s easy to connect with the Apple iPhone and it means I can have my light turn on while I am out for security and it can turn on/off when I am leaving/coming hole

[@CraigsTechTalk]

That is great. It is nice to do location based automations. I have my camera change from streaming and recording to just streaming or off if my wife or I are detected at home.

[@gwnyc10009]

Respectfully, seems like a majority of the ~tasks/queries you mentioned (e.g. alarms, calendars, timers) can be performed just fine with iphone- am I missing something here? Thanks.

[@WmH2]

I have been trying to figure out how to set up the automation for when an alarm goes off on my HomePod… you mention the tip at 1:58, but I can’t seem to find it under automation inside HomeKit or Shortcuts on my iPhone.

[@javianjohnson8746]

Ok 1:58 that's pretty sophisticated

[@bellemac9789]

[@garethjones5068]

You sir are going to make me a fully Apple household at this rate!

[@CraigsTechTalk]

For helping you join the right side, I expect a big thank you and a hug if I see you in person. For now, I will just say you are welcome Gareth. 😀👍

[@garethjones5068]

@@CraigsTechTalk I think your conversion of me is my reward for the Echo Auto I bought you........& you no longer use 😢

[@CraigsTechTalk]

That is awesome Gareth. I still use it. It just doesn’t live in my car. I do hope you enjoy the Apple world, especially after getting your daughter a new phone. She should be a good test for you. I get it now, you get to have her be the beta tester for your own phone.

[@LJG999ab]

Most reviewers miss a key aspect of the mini. First and foremost it is a music speaker- an excellent one. It is not how loud it is- but the quality of the sound. This is a byproduct of excellent design and advanced technology. It can function as very good TV speaker when used as a stereo pair. But beyond this, as part of the Apple ecosystem, it helps make music more accessible. As for its home automation capabilities- these are fine. But its musicality is what makes it a superb choice .

[@michaelhuff2365]

I find it useful for cleaning around the house or when I’m getting around or getting in or out of the shower for example and not carrying my phone. It responds better than my watch in noisy situations or when music is loud.

[@evelynfigueroa1430]

Can the Home Pod work only with IPHONE? I have a Google Pixel phone but I do have an IPAD.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

You can set it up and manage it through an iPad. I have a video on getting started with HomeKit and use the iPad for setup. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrHioWuls16ptU

[@harold3716]

Does the HomePod mini also work with Spotify?

[@CraigsTechTalk]

No it does not Spotify has not made it available. Apple has opened it up to Spotify.

[@badboy4lyfe88]

Is there any way to make shopping lists and add items by audio to it?

[@BreakTime10101]

Craig, are these good for phone calls? I would like to get one for my elderly mother so she can hear phone calls better. Is it easy to transfer phone calls onto the speaker, how does that work? What do you think? Thanks

[@sherylchilders6]

I use the homepod mini to control my apple tv hands free (play, pause, start over, etc). You still have to use the Apple TV remote to search and play something new, but it also has voice control, so 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@vivenreddy]

How do I get to those settings at 2:27?

[@Hacks_con_LVMX]

Yes, planning on buying. I wish it was close by to go and see in person.

[@PeppesPizzaPie1]

Hi, finale got my set. Apple decided not to see them in Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg. So were stuck with a English Siri :-) And NO help from them :-( I have a problem with Siri, she/he speaks so soft that I nearly have tp put my ear on the speakers yo hear her/him. When I put the sound up, only the music will go louder, not Siri? You happend to know how I get the volume of the Siri voice higher? Would be grateful :-)

[@aerosmith23]

All I have is a IMAC 27in...will this work with it? I have no IPhone

[@Onewiththestud]

Spotify also now works with HomePod I am pretty sure

[@lesliem4483]

Question! How did you add the actions and get your mini to do things without having to ask it to do all of it? Thank you!

[@CraigsTechTalk]

All the scenes and automations I write are within the home app. Under automations you can use sensors, voice, time and a couple of other options to trigger an automation. Those automations in the home app give you control over your different devices. If automations can’t cover it, shortcuts may cover it. But most of my stuff is done in automations.

[@FoundationBibleStudies]

Thinking about getting one

[@CraigsTechTalk]

HomePod mini is great. Thanks for watching.

[@jimmyambrose5453]

My current iPhone that's with me just about 100% of the time can do 95% of everything (HomeKit, Siri, reminders, making calls, playing music, etc) mentioned. I'm still trying to figure out the purpose of this speaker besides the actual speaker part. I'm not trying to be a smart ass just the fact that it seems very redundant to have 2 devices that pretty much do the same thing. Also Siri voice won't work with other streaming music subscriptions on the HomePod but will on the iPhone. I believe that's a deal breaker to only support Apple Music when it can be done on the iPhone.

[@harvey2959]

I have the orange HomePod mini

[@RafalPiekarski]

How have you setup the”coffee machine press”? Could you share what tech you’ve used for it?

[@Wwehrwolfoz]

Just ordered one white can’t wait thanks

[@CraigsTechTalk]

I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for checking out the video.

[@reece3134]

what’s up craig i’m looking at your video because i actually order the homepod mini looking forward to these features and especially Stereo for Music

[@Ashleyhairston88]

Yes I am about to get a HomePod Mimi’s in July

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Very cool Ashley. I hope you enjoy it.

[@GerardAlmonds]

Can you use them as external speakers for a MacBook?

[@johnw3794]

I've got Amazon Alexa. Would it make a difference if I get this homepod? Or will it be roughly the same

[@Darealwessam]

I am so excited I just ordered ny first one

[@mikedavis6299]

Thinking about buying Homepod mini(s) and Apple TV. I'm using sound bar on Sony TV. Can I continue to use sound bar and not use sound from mini? Or can I add mini and use with sound bar speakers? Will a home pod in the same room as TV interact or interfere with soundbar or vise versa? What type of exterior/interior cameras do you recommend? What is reason for Siri response being slow as per some of these posts? Appreciate your recommendations and input from your viewers. Thanks

[@searay422011]

Would I be able to pair my Aftershokz Aeropex bone conduction head phone with the HomePod Mini due to my SSD (single side hearing Lost) . Happy new year from Canada.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Unfortunately you are not able to pair or play any other devices with the HomePods. There is no way to pair Bluetooth speakers like with Amazon Echos.

[@searay422011]

Thank you very much Graig for the quick reply and to give me advice on other system.

[@dr.mainakchakraborty9297]

Hi, please tell me one thing, if i download some music in my iPhone ( from any source in internet) , and save it in my phone..can i play it with HomePod mini, just like i play it in my bluetooth speaker ?

[@dacvidz]

Have you figured out how to make Homepod a good enough alarm clock to replace Echo Dot alarms? Seems like I cannot snooze unless I use the alarm sound... and if I use the alarm sound, I cannot lower the volume of the tone? Also the wifi dependency... give me some ideas... would like to split from Echo devices. All I can think of is using iPhone for alarms, but then there is no voice snooze which has been really nice on Echo devices.

[@jonresanovich154]

Plan on buying one

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Very cool. Thanks for watching Jon.

[@stephaniem6283]

Wondering if the HomePod will play music from Apple Music by connecting to my Apple TV only without the TV set being turned on. When we leave the house we like to leave on music, but my iPad, phone and watch are usually with me when I leave the house. We don't want to leave the TV set on either. Can I achieve this with HomePod mini?

[@CraigsTechTalk]

You can have the HomePod paired to an Apple TV. But still be able to make request to the HomePod for music and other features. For example I use two HomePods paired to an Apple TV. I can play something through Apple TV and just turn the TV screen off. Or you can ask Siri directly on the HomePod to play music or any of the other features that I mention. Being paired up doesn’t keep it from acting like a regular HomePod

[@robingibson419]

Just bought my girl one for Valentine’s Day she loves it!!!

[@nickt4707]

hey 👋. a quick question do the HomePod use two languages? ma girlfriend is a german I speak english we don’t know how to set the HomePod to speak two languages will be great if you would help use out with you tips have watch most of videos great!😊

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

Just bought my first Home pod mini in blue 💁🏻‍♀️ .

[@c.daubz.5386]

Good informative video👍👍

[@FireBlade57]

Can I use the voice commands with Philips Hue?

[@Omuretsu]

Yes. I did this with all my lights. You can rename the lights in HomeKit and tell Siri to turn them off or on and change brightness or color if they have that ability

[@FireBlade57]

@@Omuretsu Do I have to make new rules? I have like 300 fairly complex rules in my Hue bridge, that I made with All4Hue. Can I call them directly or do I have to put it all in the Home-Kit App?

[@Omuretsu]

@@FireBlade57 you shouldn’t have to. HomeKit will initially call the lights whatever you named them in the Phillips hue app. I renamed my kids bedroom lights in HomeKit only to make it easier for him to say the commands to Siri and it didn’t seem to affect anything within the hue app

[@FireBlade57]

@@Omuretsu Cool thanks a lot! I will give it a try.

[@tinafriesen6981]

I’m planing on getting one

[@chanmarr8118]

This was very informative! I was contemplating getting one but wanted to know what exactly I’m buying. Thanks!

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Thank you very much. Glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching.

[@chiparooo]

Cool! Just picked up my first Mini. Thanks for sharing!

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Very cool. Hope you enjoy it.

[@brandonortiz7752]

I am going around asking KZbinrs like yourself that are gurus with home automation to ask if they can guide me on trying to get my mother’s iPhone to ring over her apple HomePod mini. She is hard of hearing. As an excuse we can say my daughter lowers the volume of the ringer by mistake when she means to lower the volume for her games. Is there a way to get the iPhone to ring over the apple home pods? I know you can make a call, answer a call from, and transfer a call back and forth to home pod, but is there a way to make all the HomePod ring . Is there something in settings. Maybe an apple shortcut to make. I would really appreciate the help.

[@robertbuchanan7609]

Siri seems incredibly slow compared Alexa. Other than texting I don't see the homepod offering anything that Alexa can't do. I really feel that since Jobs passed Apple is playing catchup with Google and Amazon.

[@elevenxy]

but is siri stealing wifi from your neighbors without their consent ?

[@beatrizteixeira6940]

Very good product, Invest in it and you will do very well.

[@Bella-ek1th]

Yeah, mommy and I are buying one. We’re buying one of my special birthday, which is on Wednesday.❤

[@andresate6314]

Why is it that I see Alexa more responsive , like faster. I have HomePod minis and Alexa and I see Alexa way faster 😕 when I ask something or tell her do to something. HomePods mini takes much longer

[@noahvega7589]

im planing to get one home pod

[@windyadiyatna7912]

i wonder, can you control homepod minis while you outside the house?

[@sebastianorzel227]

i wanna buy one of them but i’m not sure about sound quality

[@1607trojan]

Great tips. Are you able to link two Apple accounts to one speaker? Would like to have my wife have access to her stuff also.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

You can invite someone to be part of your home. I have my wife under her email from her iCloud account. Once they are part of the home, then things like music and other items will use their services.

[@meaganlopez7328]

Sold. Only took this one video. Thank u. Now, just gotta figure out how many we “need”. :)

[@cell1540rol]

Holy smokes, Siri is slow as heck. She seems to have good days and bad days (I have 9 HomePods myself) Siri has gotten terrible since iOS 15.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

I know what you mean. I don’t trim the demos it’s shows the good and bad. unfortunately, like you I have seen some recent slowdowns. thanks for watching and sharing your experience.

[@kianjae5537]

Great video! Does the HomePod allow for automations to run automatically? I just set up a few lighting automations on iOS shortcuts.. but rather than running seamlessly on their own, I receive a notification on my phone asking if I’d like to run each automation. Is there any way I can fix this without an apple hub?

[@justinriley7325]

In the shortcuts app change it from “ask before running” to “run automatically”

[@kianjae5537]

@@justinriley7325 I have turned off “ask before running”, but continue to be asked anyways… maybe I’ll try restarting my phone to see if that makes a difference, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t working for me

[@CraigsTechTalk]

I believe here are certain devices or shortcut options that can’t run without confirming. I feel like I had a shortcut a while back that there was one shortcuts I could not get to run. If it works for you, make a personal automation that tells a shortcut to run. You don’t have to confirm automations.

[@kianjae5537]

@@CraigsTechTalk I figured I could just copy and paste the info as well! Enable an automation to run without asking: Some personal automations can run without asking you for confirmation when they’re triggered. In the Shortcuts app on your iOS or iPadOS device, tap Automation . Tap the automation you want to run automatically. Turn off Ask Before Running. Tap Done. The automation will not notify you when it’s triggered. The following automations can be run automatically: Time of Day Alarm Sleep CarPlay Apple Watch Workout NFC App Airplane Mode Do Not Disturb Low Power Mode Battery Level Charger Note: You also may need to set individual actions to run automatically. The following automations cannot be run automatically: Arrive Leave Before I Commute Email Message Wi-Fi Bluetooth

[@carlosviteri5739]

hello , do you know how to set Siris volume separate from the audio ex: low music to sleep and I ask siri the time and she response at that low level sound and can not understand her that low, did I make sense lol thank you for your time sir

[@siddhartha6511]

The attention to detail in this video where you have beeped “hey siri” is appreciated as it otherwise would have woke my siri.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Thank you very much. I try not to drive you all crazy triggering your devices. I appreciate your comment and you watching.

[@cosmictyger]

2 OG HomePods sound amazingly wonderful…. probably too much for apartments or bedrooms… if other people are home 😉 The mini’s are wonderful addition…. also… Thread would have been nice if added to the OG’s, but it definitely adds zip to the experience with minis and Nanoleaf lights!

[@gourabjitsingha8056]

i think it would be awesome if apple ties up with Sony for smart tv.

[@djnovak8706]

Planning on buying one

[@4lb280]

I have to laugh over the comments about this being slow. I did notice quite a few pause’s but only for a couple of seconds. This still saves an enormous amount of time over having to find your calendar and actually write it down yourself. Which, I still do😬

[@joannalewis8623]

I did think he could have written the text message three times over. At home, when I ask Siri to turn a light off, sometimes it would be quicker to do it myself but I suppose it’s all work in progress.

[@sitiaishah8188]

I want asking why my homepod mini cannot connect my youtube?

[@terrycarlton6991]

Currently using 6 mini’s in the house. Just added 2 orange mini’s to supplement my home theater

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Very cool. I like the orange stereo pair idea.

[@windyadiyatna7912]

Can 6 minis play the same music together? I wonder bcause i need this than harman kardon for my FNB business

[@KenAdams426]

How the heck does the intercom work? I tried to test it but only plays off the mini I got.

[@EddieFerb]

Hi I bought two HomePod mini in February 22. Set up both on iPhone 13 (iso 15.5). Everything worked fine, but last week one of HomePod stop speakers. Then, I reset factory but can’t (Re)set up, messages said (“Setup Failed (-6753)”). I did everything: iOS downgrade to 15.4.1 the same of HomePod mini. restore HomePod mini to factory using touch red lights, through iPhone n MacBook Pro. But I can’t set up. HOW FIX IT AND SET UP?

[@leighinibiza]

Just bought a pair to go with my Apple TV 4K so that I can use them as the default speakers through eARC for all devices connected to my TV

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Very cool. Enjoy your new HomePod minis.

[@dominicfry2885]

The minis can’t be set as deduct on Apple TV bit can connect very fast with airplay 2 I’m thinking of getting a second AirPod to do this

[@real2gems]

Close your eyes and this guy sounds like David Lee Roth.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

That’s funny. Thanks for watching.

[@windyadiyatna7912]

Can 5 homepod minis play the same music together?

[@faengelm]

Can you do one on video calling with FaceTime and Apple TV? I'm interested in how it would work for an elderly relative who has trouble using an iPad for Facetime.

[@BlakeFealy]

The Apple TV doesn’t have a webcam so no, but you can just tell Siri to FaceTime someone on your iPad.

[@reece3134]

what’s up frank

[@reece3134]

What’s up frank

[@faengelm]

@@reece3134 I hoping that Apple had added support for a FaceTime USB camera on Apple TV as Amazon has done with their Fire TV Cube and Alexa video calling

[@reece3134]

@@faengelm they should in a future update tbh

[@digitalclips]

Great video, I learned a lot. Thanks.

[@olivergroves2007]

Got 2 blue HomePod minis and I love them!

[@cnovalles73]

This video is two years old and I'm only watching it for the first time and REALLY hope the response time is better by now cause I just ordered one 😂😂

[@CraigsTechTalk]

I really hope you enjoy yours and it performs well for you. Thanks for watching.

[@godfatherinoz]

Me to just watched I’m thinking of buying one for bedroom

[@stevevarga1045]

Can someone that don’t have access to my phone ask questions from home pod mini to get information

[@leemiller8258]

I've found that handoff doesn't work for everything. For example, I can't hand of Audible audio books to my Homepods.

[@curtispazarjr4985]

Great review!!!!!

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Thank you for checking out this video too. Have a great day.

[@abhishes]

great video thank you so much for doing this.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Thank you very much. I appreciate you watching it.

[@sslranch]

I was ready to start investigating Siri to augment (and maybe replace eventually Alexa) until I saw this video. That delay is something Alexa doesn't suffer from right now and Siri would be a step backward. Apple needs to work on this if it wants to be taken seriously as the home automation goto controller.

[@Tailsnpaws]

Alexa has so much more to offer. I used to be a solid Google Assistant user, then I got an iphone and started using Siri. With enough aggravation I tried Alexa and found continued improvements that I believe she will out perform Google. Try the car feature in the Alexa app. Outstanding.

[@travisdlucas]

Interesting, I’m getting ready to replace my echo devices with HomePods because Alexa is so awful at properly responding. We have to repeat ourselves 2-3 times to get her to do anything while the HomePods I have been testing at home and my office are much more responsive. I’ve never experienced the delays shown in this video.

[@Tailsnpaws]

@@travisdlucas I have. Repeatedly…to the point of aggravation. As far as the Alexa devices, make sure you have the latest update installed. This device is fast becoming the best one of the bunch. More personalized responses that are better than the Google Assistant. We made her the default Assistant on our iPhone.

[@TechObservANT]

There must be some Wi-Fi weirdness or something else afoot in the background that was hampering the performance of the HomePod Mini’s in this video because I have NEVER had this type of delay with my HomePod Mini’s in the few months that I’ve had them. Like Travis Lucas below, my house was getting annoyed by the crummy performance with our Alexa-compatible devices. We have various Echos, Sonos, and Yamaha smart speakers with Alexa built-in and all were just missing commands or saying that the devices couldn’t communicate with the smart lights and such. It was a waste. Now, I’ve switched over to a couple HomePod Mini’s and an Apple TV 4K and I can ABSOLUTELY say that it always gets things turned right on and right off within seconds and they probably haven’t had any connection issues since I’ve bought it. I’ve been shocked by the results but hey… everyone’s mileage may vary.

[@raulv98]

@@travisdlucas for me google sucked completely. I never dared to ask google to change a song while on Android Auto because it would almost certainly fail. Siri just seems to know whatever I'm telling her.

[@nixprivate3471]

Is there any way to get Siri to ignore all voices except my own. Hate it when friends start speaking to her to change my music when they visit.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

No there is no way. You can temporarily mute Siri by asking Siri to stop listening. Then long press the top and tell Siri to start listening.

[@coasterblocks3420]

I got a HomePod for a Xmas present. The sound quality is terrible - too much base and I’m buggered if I can find an equaliser function to fix the audio output.

[@jsnadow900]

I am planning to buy two blue home pod mini’s

[@AmpedAddict]

It didn’t seem to correctly add that appointment to your work calendar. Not great accuracy, it appears.

[@CraigsTechTalk]

Might have been an editing mistake on my end. I might have accidentally mixed them. If I make a mistake I start a demo over. It’s usually an all or nothing execution. Or it might have messed up. Thanks for watching.

[@siddharthpuri252]

Has anyone used it for business calls with their mac?

[@a.k9072]

Can you show how to play Spotify on home pod mini

[@windycity7816]

I LOVE MY HOMEPODS I DONT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM