Why Apple’s HomePod Is Failing

[@EpicCamraMan]

Just make Siri less trash and lower the price. And this is coming from someone who is deep in the apple ecosystem

[@huggyuk]

(Odd-Moss) I really don’t see AirPod as a failure.

[@huggyuk]

DF AMO 🐑

[@Plainapple287]

(Odd-Moss) I’m someone who buys all apple and everything, but I still bought the google home mini because it’s £50 over £350 and still has great audio and great voice assistance

[@Jzombi301]

(Odd-Moss) that’s exactly what they’re doing with Siri. Making it way better

[@coralreef909]

Plainapple287 there’s no comparison. Apple’s and oranges. Google mini is an ordinary tiny speaker. There’s some incredible tech inside the HomePod and you can hear it. Why are people forcing Apple to make an inferior speaker. There is jealousy that apple developed a product like the HomePod and of course there’s people who hate music or care nothing about it. You are clearly not the target audience for the HomePod.

[@blue.light.fazbear]

Apple Music is now compatible with amazon echo too. So you can get Apple Music on a speaker for much less now.

[@jackgolden995]

British Lifts its really glitchy tho. I have to keep reconnecting my account to it

[@javiercastaneda2555]

British Lifts a not so good sounding speaker 😕

[@coralreef909]

Sound quality matters. Apple wasn’t setting out to make a cheap crappy speaker to compete with Google or Amazon. I think they screwed up by not allowing third party music providers on the device . Also they’ve had Siri since 2007 and did nothing innovative to improve the smart assistant allowing competitors to bypass them. Someone at Apple has not been paying attention. That said i am in love wth the superior sound for a speaker its size. It packs a lot of power and then some. Apple has never been about mediocre or average. If that’s what you want then go to another platform. Ordinary sound for ordinary people.

[@Jzombi301]

British Lifts Apple will soon let you stream from other sources other than Apple Music to the HomePod this fall

[@Christopher_B_Mc_Collins]

That skill is horrid. I have to relink my Apple account once a month minimum and as much as once a week on Alexa. I filled my home with Alexa's when they integrated with Apple Music and it's been a nightmare. I'm almost ready to just pay the extra 2 or 3 dollars a month for Amazon Music Unlimited (already have Prime). I've done reviews and emailed feedback. I do wish I hadn't put my faith in Apple and Amazon's abilities to work together.

[@robthesamplist]

PRICE: if it was 100 dollars a speaker id have 2 in every room. At 350 I don't even want one.

[@hazwell6811]

AirPods alone are $159...

[@NoCommentsVideo]

Ikr

[@cyrw]

Ikea sonos are 99 dollars each and have great functionality in comparison. Amazing value!

[@Simeon2005]

Facts

[@DarrenJCalvert]

Economies of scale...sadly Apple will be the last company to adapt this style of sales....thanks to Tim Cook

[@madhatoff9486]

apple just have to allow any bluetooth device to connect to homepod and that’s it. And of course ability to choose from several music services not only apple music. Its recommendations suck

[@strongfatman2014]

It's failing because it's trying to get along and compete with smart speakers when with its real strength, it should be to compete with the quality music speakers industry.

[@steveo_2087]

It’s failing because Siri sucks and it’s overpriced

[@David-xt5ob]

Too expensive to be used as just a smart speaker. Not enough different streaming music services to be a great streaming speaker.

[@coralreef909]

Strong Fatman I think a lot of techies positioned the HomePod as an echo or google home assistant competitor. It’s not that kind of a product. It’s a music player. Superior audio quality is it’s strength. They should’ve improved Siri years ago before Amazon and Google came along and bypassed them. A Big mistake on apple’s part. Someone at Apple made some bad decisions in not doubling down on evolving Siri’s capabilities and making her smarter. They need to hire smart assistant specialist and sink some money into revamping Siri to match or even surpass Google io and amazon Alexa.

[@theman36]

Graham Palmer which I believe they easily can.

[@hjhjkhkhk553]

like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, kzbin.infoUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB Bose speaker)... but all switches and outlets (5), thermostat, tankless water heater. Unfortunately all I can do is turn on/off Bose. It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... I don't sit around and ask Alexa questions much so that doesn't really matter to me....

[@thomas0086]

Lower price. $269.00 Any Bluetooth device. All music services. End.

[@moviemogul83]

Thomas Estwick Id be in at $199

[@oneaburns]

$199 and make it portable.

[@gfyGoogle]

It’s now (finally) opened up to other music services.

[@Appleaddict22]

Cam what do you mean? You still need to use airplay to use it with Spotify unfortunately...

[@gfyGoogle]

George that’s Spotify’s fault now. Apple opened up the API and it’s now possible.

[@zanetaylor6970]

I love my HomePod, but they had so much potential to add third party support and more features than what its limited too.

[@connorclifton45]

Apple with third party support. Don't make me laugh. Apple = exclusive and enclosed.

[@Incidental104]

Maybe because it's more expensive than the competition and is very limited on what devices and services you can use it with, and the assistant isn't the smartest of the bunch just a thought

[@rubenalbertoni1065]

Short answer: because they only sell it in 6 countries

[@sakurazero3641]

Rub3n correct i want it but can’t buy it

[@JaredConnell]

Real answer: cuz its too overpriced and lacks features

[@kanzai12]

Not to mention, overprice for such limited product

[@Red_____________]

Fair enough 😅😀

[@riverdaletales8457]

I don't buy it because it's 300$ 😂 the most I'll pay is 50$

[@leftmorningstar6954]

Still the best sounding smart speaker I’ve heard but the limitation to Apple Music for voice control and strong ties to Apple products and Siri is gonna result in a small market share. Apple wants to control everything and frankly, that’s the cost of such a tightly integrated and optimized ecosystem.

[@steveo_2087]

Yes... that’s exactly right

[@SH3player]

Lefteris Gaming Also Siri is just horrible....too. I switched to an iPhone 6s Plus from broken pixel 2xl and it just unusable.

[@marcelchaloupka]

The Sonos play one is better sounding and works better as a smart speaker

[@Tigerex966]

far from it

[@Fishmaat404]

Marcel Chaloupka It most certainly does not sound better. Go check out some reviews of professionals.

[@bobbyright2010]

Apple should sell the homepods with free Apple Music. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@waqaspathan3337]

All apple products come with 3 months of free Apple Music

[@JYMAHJAMES]

@@waqaspathan3337 That's shit

[@stopmotionstarwars3337]

Why didn’t they do that with iPods?!?!

[@StardustRyan]

Male emojis?

[@MsMarie0072]

That’s true tho

[@sebastianx21]

Just get Spotify on this damn thing and I'll buy it.

[@wooferjr169]

Just get any Bluetooth portable speaker then

[@whopperlover1772]

Sebastian Sutter You can airplay Spotify to it

[@sebastianx21]

whopperlover17 Wow i can literally do that with every single bluetooth speaker

[@whopperlover1772]

Sebastian Sutter Not every Bluetooth speaker has Siri, I solved the issue you stated.

[@sebastianx21]

@@whopperlover1772 Nah mate the idea behind the smart speaker is to trigger the music with your voice and not manually. Why would you need the VA then if you couldn't use it? They have to implement it like on Amazon Echos. That's what I meant initially with "get Spotify on it". Got a Echo Dot connected to my sound system. You know what that cost me? Right, 20 bucks.

[@1ndigoch1ld81]

Short Answer: Siri isn’t a smart assistant.

[@1ndigoch1ld81]

The Dude but a “Smart” speaker...

[@sloggnznorgin6285]

1ndigo Ch1ld It’s a SPEAKER!

[@sloggnznorgin6285]

I don’t care about Siri anyway! Just want it to play music, that’s the whole point.

[@AtomicBoo]

@@sloggnznorgin6285 then u dont buy an apple speaker, you buy a similar one sound wise with no smart feature for half de price.....

[@sloggnznorgin6285]

supersuato123 No I buy this one for sound quality and specific utility, because reasons. You can flirt all day with your preferred smart speaker if you want to, but it won’t teach you how to get a date. Or maybe it will. 🙄😏

[@bonniedawson2271]

You know why it’s falling: because no mainstream consumers know about it

[@NoCommentsVideo]

I know about it

[@dennisorantes34]

It’s failing because it sucks google home and Alexa superior

[@ryananthony8543]

roblox master lol if you’re watching this channel then you’re not a mainstream customer

[@cmooreHD]

It’s true. I’ve spoken to so many people about my HomePod and everyone says what’s that?

[@10-AMPM-01]

No one knows about it, because NO ONE IS LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF PRODUCT. It's a marketing failure. Who uses a point source for high quality stereo sound? That little shit could not possibly reproduce a smooth bass curve. It's a $350 kitchen counter top speaker. For that much I could get another 300w 2.1 stereo system. So why spring extra for a less functional toy?

[@Randomvideos-yr6cc]

Apple' biggest advantage is its control over its software. So apple need to make siri smart along with good software features.

[@tihootv5642]

Love all apple products. I have everything from Apple TV to the speaker. Have no issues at all with any of them Apple TV 4K is my hub for my smart home all devices do what I need and works great for me. ❤️

[@douglasrogers4675]

2 problems: 1: it's not the smartest speaker, and It's not the best sounding speaker for 350. very few people want both, and if you care oly about the smartness, you buy the echo or google home. if you want just a speaker, you get something non-smart. even if you do care about both, you could get a ghome max, or a and echo dot + external speaker combo, and get similar sound quality, at a similar price, with better smart features. 2: speakers last a long time. the will keep working for a long time, and they don't really become obsolete. I expect that sound quality wise, the homepod will age well. the problem is, there is no headphone jack, or bluetooth, or any other standardized way to connect with it. when apple ends support, it wil basically become a brick. that is a shame, because the sound quality could very well be on pr with the 300 dollar speakers of the next 10 years. oh well. I guess, if nothing else, when apple drops support, they will be super cheap on ebay, and I can buy them, and hack in some standard input.

[@Tigerex966]

well said.

[@Jzombi301]

Douglas Rogers they don’t have Bluetooth? Meaning they only connect to iPhones with airplay?? *Seriously???*

[@NoahZimmerman]

Johnzombi Well they do have Bluetooth that is used for airplay technology. Airplay is just so much better then having to pair your HomePod whenever you want to use it.

[@Jzombi301]

Noah Zimmerman true but couldn’t they have also added Bluetooth support for anything else that can play music like every single other Bluetooth speaker in existence? Kinda like how the AirPods do. Or can you actually connect an android phone to them? Cuz if you can’t then they’re loosing a huge part of the smart speaker market

[@Jzombi301]

Noah Zimmerman btw I have an iPhone I’m just saying it’s unfair

[@gingerman5123]

The siri functionality is the issue, it just doesn't do enough. The sound is simply astounding though!

[@oneaburns]

Joshua Rouw Respectfully disagree. I wasn’t impressed with the sound at all and I really wanted to be. For the size of the woofer the bass is underwhelming. I have a JBL Flip that is half the size, portable, and sounds just as good.

[@scan4707]

The only reason people buy a HomePod is because they like to confuse Siri.

[@Deadbass_]

thats legit why i got mine lmao

[@Deadbass_]

zulfikangga or have better things to spend money on 😂

[@Nishith8]

@zulfikangga or because homepod isn't worth it

[@coralreef909]

Deadbäss Apple haters

[@gernm18]

zulfikangga only fools want that junk

[@rune6506xx]

Siri is so bad that nobody’s want the product.

[@BMXaster]

So true. Siri literally is complete trash xDD

[@bestlty]

anders pettersson works awkwardly with anything that’s not homekit or iOS, hates it

[@scarydragon989]

Rudy Rodriguez try using the google assistant for a while and you’ll begin to see how stupid and trash Siri is if you ever go back.

[@haywire3768]

If Apple released a HomePod for around 100$ I would buy that in a heartbeat.

[@NoahZimmerman]

DF AMO well they kinda already lowered the price of the HomePod. When it first came out it was $349 and now $299.

[@coralreef909]

Regardless of sound quality? Just for the apple logo ? Insane.

[@moiseiuliancristian]

For 100$ they're gonna sell you only the box it should come in.

[@multibusa]

haywire376 If Apple made a $100 like the others all you’d get is a low grade poor sound quality speaker with an Apple logo on it. That’s not the way Apple have ever worked. I’m not saying Apple are perfect or don’t make wrong decisions, but in this particular case many people still just aren’t getting the google and amazon smart speakers are nothing near the same quality as the Home Pod. If you want cheap buy a low quality echo or similar, if you can’t abide poor quality sound spend more money and buy something decent. You get what you pay for.

[@NoCommentsVideo]

Me too!

[@rex86uk]

With someone who has been using iPhone since 2007, I’m deep into the ecosystem with AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad etc but I must say Siri is wack can never get anything right. I have amazon echo for my smart home system

[@ReverseBurst]

I can create a homepod too! Step 1: take a trash can Step 2: shove an iPhone with "hey Siri " turned on

[@how2what4]

I always thought the Sonos was expensive and I was planning on buying a HomePod but when it came out with it's limitation to only playing Apple Music, that convinced me that Sonos was the way to go.

[@LM-47]

I bought one last week. The one thing that absolutely blows my mind, and almost condemns this product, is the audio must go through WiFi. Apple makes a industry leading Bluetooth W2 chip en mass for the AirPods.. And the only reason I could see them not wanting to put it on the HomePod is to promote Apple Music- if that’s true, shame on Apple.

[@mrpeebs]

Why it’s failing 1. Overpriced 2. Has siri 3. Dosen’t have Bluetooth Boom saved you 10:26 minutes

[@hito4863]

Mr Peebs lack of Bluetooth is a dealbreaker.

[@matth4926]

Homepod: I'm the least value for money product that apple has ever sold! Mac pro stand: I'm gonna end this mans whole career

[@doubleaadogg]

If Siri had the functionality of Alexa, HomePod would be compelling.

[@westerlywind1035]

Consider the Google Home Max, it also fell flat

[@UltimateDailga12]

At least the other versions are popular

[@12Wackelpudding]

The HomePod is just overkill for controlling my smart home devices. Apple should develop an Echo Dot competitor for ~50€ and open the HomePod platform to other developers like Amazon did.

[@Sept1973]

If you cannot stream Spotify on it - why bother !

[@doyallsellcrablegs]

!

[@__goat__]

The Dude With Alexa you say „Alexa play my music“ and it plays your spotify music With HomePod you have to find your iDevice, unlock it, find spotify, open it, go to your playlist, start in shuffle mode, tap the „connect a speaker“ icon, tap on „more devices (airplay)“, select your homepod and wait some seconds until it syncs, then you finally can listen to your music. This is just ridiculous for 350$ Apple speakers + iPhone.

[@sloggnznorgin6285]

Jürgen Holtzmann Good thing I’m not in a hurry, so unlocking my phone to do all that isn’t a big deal. We’re all wasting our lives away on these dumb phones anyway.

[@jscorpio1987]

Oh my god people. Listen to yourselves! There are people in the world who are starving to death and without shelter, all while you’re bitching about how inconvenient it is to unlock your phone to play Spotify and how your life might as well be ruined because Siri isn’t as smart as google assistant or whatever other alternative voice assistant. Look in the mirror people! There’s more to life than this soulless technology that you constantly bicker about because it doesn’t magically read your mind and wipe your ass for you!

[@Sept1973]

J T - lol that was hilarious thanks for the laugh 🤣

[@Luhgooey]

I would buy it if Apple opened up the HomePod to non-Apple devices.

[@rambro654m8]

Why

[@MrBassflute]

What absolutely nobody has mentioned is the revolution in sound distribution that this speaker has brought to home hifi. It calibrates itself to the room, so it knows that it’s 4 feet away from that wall, 8 feet away from the other wall, 12 feet away from the other wall and adjust all its speakers so you get perfectly even sound throughout the room. Download a decibel metre in your phone and stand by a couple of HomePods, take a reading, and then walk around the room and you’ll see what a phenomenal thing this is. If you’re sitting 2 feet away from it or if you’re way across the room, the sound is perfectly even. If your at a severe axis from the two speakers, you can still hear both of them clearly and get a stereo image even at a very acute angle. This is some revolutionary audio engineering at work here, and absolutely everybody missed it. These things sound phenomenally good, and to do this with conventional speakers you would need seven or eight of them all around the room and have them carefully calibrated. I’m glad I have a pair of the big ones, and I have a pair of the little ones on my kitchen table. But the big ones sound incredibly good. By the way, I’m a 63-year-old Professional Musician, and I have a pair of the finest small studio monitors on the planet, Adam A5X’s, and I have the subwoofer that goes with them. Yes, they sound better than the HomePod, but only when you’re directly in front of them. Off axis, the HomePods spank them silly. For non-critical listening, or when you just want to share music with your friends, the HomePod is very tough to beat. Sonos, Echoes, and all those other things just sound like cardboard. I’m so upset the dumb ass reviews helped kill this magnificent speaker. This thing is revolutionary. You need a pair of them to truly get it.

[@undergroundretail]

The price is wayyy to high for the consumers. I prefer to purchase a Bose Bluetooth that is 3X lower than this.

[@vinnysworld4240]

Why not mention Sonos, which is at least equal in sound quality & uses Alexa, at near half the price

[@chucklemeister1529]

Being that Amazon wasn't courageous and included a 3.5mm jack on the echo, I was able to run it through my existing stereo and have stereo sound for a fraction of the price, plus it works with a variety of music sources.

[@iot1452]

Siri will always suck as Apple doesn’t collect data like Google and Amazon to train its AI. I can live with that. I never use Siri as I don’t find it a chore to MANUALLY search information I want on my phone.

[@juanitoperez8618]

®ioT, I second that. Plus, I rarely see myself using smart assistants, mostly just to call someone when I’m walking, set reminders or timers. I’ve never considered asking how tall Obama is. I would google it instead.

[@mdturnerinoz]

Never underestimate the innate hubris of Silly-Con Valley "executives"; as long as they get a bonus for their decision, the outcome often doesn't matter (as they move on either in or out of a company)!

[@Mojavekight17]

Usefulness is key

[@sunsettundra3945]

Bruh I had no idea this thing existed

[@christianhernandez6748]

The problem is that apple geared this toward people like me - heavy music listeners. We tend to have all our music scattered anywhere due to music rights,and I primarily use Spotify. Marketing this as a primarily audio device without music services was the reason it drove me to invest instead into a Sonos one sound system. Honestly, I would’ve bought an apple HomePod if it wasn’t for this.

[@caleb_stephen]

No mention of Sonos? Feel like that’s what the real comparable product to the HomePod is.

[@Keyonblack]

Yes but it’s a 3rd party brand they use google home or amazon Alexa

[@Big_Computer]

me : hey Siri, call mommy Siri : here are pictures of spaghetti

[@pizzahuthonoka]

>Too limited >Too expensive >Siri is mediocre at best compared to Alexa, sadly

[@Maxwellp101]

I just got it and it’s amazing literally the best speaker I have ever purchased!

[@mattjw16]

7:08 Apple should just release a “HomePod Mini” to compete with the Amazon Echo Dot and Google Home Mini. Perhaps they can make the primary focus of the HomePod Mini the voice assistant and focus on the sound quality with the regular HomePod.

[@a_nervous_wreck]

I've owned a HomePod for a few years, and it could have been one of my favorite Apple products ever, if not for a few major flaws, mostly revolving around Siri. The sound quality is some of the best I've ever heard, and using it is pretty easy, whether through voice control or using my phone. It's also very good at knowing what kind of music I might actually be interested in, and I've discovered a few of my favorite new artists thanks to HomePod, or more so thanks to Apple Music. The main drawback for me is when giving certain commands, Siri will just randomly not understand the request, or say that it can't do that, even though it has done the aforementioned request numerous times in the past. Even when it comes to music, sometimes it won't understand when I'm requesting a certain album, especially if the album title doesn't have words, but rather characters. Or if the artist name is tricky to pronounce, it can be difficult to get Siri to understand what artist I'm talking about, and it'll end up playing a different artist with a similar sounding name. Also, Siri will become activated randomly just from watching a video on KZbin where someone says the word Siri or says something that vaguely sounds like "Hey Siri", which isn't a deal breaker necessarily, but can get pretty annoying. Overall, while I'm happy with the HomePod and found way more enjoyment out of it than I thought I would get, I feel like they really need to work on making Siri smarter in the future. And that's not just for HomePod, but for the whole Apple ecosystem. IMO Siri is the worst smart assistant in the business, which is crazy to me considering Apple has had so much time to help it evolve, yet it feels like it's treated as a tacked on afterthought.

[@garydepp3195]

Apple R&D: “Hey, those smart speakers are great ideas!” “I know! Let’s make them too, only more expensive!”

[@sloggnznorgin6285]

“Here’s also a novel idea!” “What?” “Let’s ignore those cheap average speakers and buy a really good sounding one!”

[@fredriklinge]

They don't even sell them yet in some countries. I haven't bought one yet for this reason, but would love to, especially because of their focus on sound fidelity!

[@big_brayo]

If only the just made it as a normal speaker that's compatible with everything. Does it matter if a non iPhone user buys it???

[@scarlett8978]

its the idea you buy a iPhone and get the best possible speaker for it. only cos you have an iPhone, therefore you can't leave the eco system.

[@big_brayo]

@@scarlett8978 would you rather sell to IPhone users or everyone??

[@scarlett8978]

It’s the idea of the apple eco system. Once they’ve brought an iPhone they’ll hopefully buy a HomePod. Then once your phone is due an upgrade you’re not tempted to leave the eco system because you’ve already invested money in a HomePod that works so well with iphones. If you decided to buy a Samsung then it would make the HomePod useless and a waste of money. Do you get it?

[@big_brayo]

@@scarlett8978 Ecosystem is just a bullshit term used to lure people in and screw them right in the ass. Why not get a bose or jbl speaker that sounds way better works with any device?

[@big_brayo]

@@scarlett8978 Do you personally buy into the hype?

[@JacksonWalter735]

Fun fact, the HomePod is the only smart speaker at Best Buy that plays songs with cuss words. I asked Siri to play Sisqo and it played the Thong Song. Same thing with other artists. The Google Home and Amazon Alexa speakers don't let you do that on their store demo mode.

[@peppapigthekiller7539]

I don’t need a home pod. All I need is a phone.

[@milkstorm4818]

Peppa Pig The Killer same

[@dnghn.design]

U on yt tho

[@milkstorm4818]

Donghoon 2 IPad

[@mal7916]

Ive had mine for over a year and the sound quality is just mind blowing. Although not as loud as the competition, It's sound quality was compared to speakers that cost $56,000. Apple took 6 years to engineer the sound and the price really shows it.

[@MrFijiBoySako]

$129.99 I’ll buy it right now.

[@rambro654m8]

Why

[@rambro654m8]

The Amazon echo is 80$

[@rambro654m8]

Supports all music

[@rambro654m8]

Has a much muuuch better voice assistant

[@rambro654m8]

Has good audio

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I agree with you Greg about sound. I don't have many pals that truly wish to pay for sound. It's something we take for granted. Yet, movie and game studios go thru great lengths to make sure that sound is great on their finished products. Like a sound engineer told me once. Sound is the 10% that'll make 90% of a difference in your finished product. Thank you Greg for this good documentary.

[@cidsx]

******siri for $329****** yeah, I wonder why?

[@thecasualgamer5400]

I would say the Sonos One is more of a direct comparison. Similar size and Sonos makes great sounding speakers. You can get two sonos ones for the price of a HomePod.

[@xzygy]

It's failing because smart home tech is about interoperability, which is anathema to Apple's philosophy.

[@jaysway9251]

It’s too expensive

[@BigTomff]

It’s not just “any” smart speaker. It’s an audiophile quality sound system. Especially in pairs. Quality build, superior sound, and Siri/Apple Music+

[@giancarlo_rc]

*IT'S $350 FOR A BLUETOOTH SPEAKER WITH SIRI*

[@BastianInukChristensen]

But it's not Bluetooth

[@ecdy115]

Giancarlo RC it’s an AirPlay speaker that uses WiFi and it costs $300 now

[@stevenyoung6415]

If it were really a Bluetooth speaker, it would connect to complimentary Bluetooth audio sources... not just Apple Music. 🤦🏽‍♂️😖 You can’t even play many audio output apps from an iOS device to the HomePods. That just doesn’t make any good sense for a product that has so much potential to be successful. I can say I’m disappointed at best. (I don’t even do Apple Music...so my HomePods just look nice in my office, for now. I’m waiting for them to wake up to what we all know they should be able to do.) 😣🙄🕸🧱🛢🧹

[@svartling]

The reason why it hasn’t sold so much is because it is still not released internationally. It’s only available in very few countries.....

[@hasanak4896]

NOBODY BUYS HOMEPOD APPLE EXPLAINED: BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ITS A FAILED PRODUCT Yes, Yes It Does, That's Exactly What A "Failed Product" Is!

[@paul28177]

amazon and google have released high quality speakers with home assistant and smart home integration. Amazon have also released products that can make older speakers become smart speakers. Amazon have also linked with companies like Sonos. The main issue with the HomePod is that it’s too limited...it’s a speaker with some smart features - HomeKit for apple has issues, Siri has issues, and there’s severe compatibility issues...you need an iPhone to set it up, it doesnt work with a lot of services etc. Essentially it is a wireless speaker for apple with some smart feature BUT arguably you can head to ikea and buy a wireless speaker for £99. It way over priced, heavily limited, and not very smart.

[@kelly3014]

I don’t like that you have to subscribe to Apple Music to use it. I buy my music from them so I should be able to use it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@chrisj9700]

I was thinking about HomePods for my bedroom that could also be used as a home cinema. But I ended up using Sonos and slowly built up a surround sound system. Sonos became more competitive after they adopted AirPlay 2.

[@ecdy115]

Christopher Jennings Sonos is definitely better for home cinema, not saying HomePod is not good, but it’s just not built for that. It’s good for music listening but when it comes to movies, the sound is not as good as a Sonos surround system.

[@Bruh-nb1hj]

Price. That’s all

[@shaunteckno]

The interesting bit about the echo is that in addition to the music services that you mentioned, the echo can also play Apple Music. This alone is a compelling reason to purchase the echo over the HomePod.

[@puffnstuff4004]

Here are the reasons why I would never purchase a Homepod: You can't use it with anything other than an iPad, IPod Touch, or iPhone. It won't even connect with a Mac desktop!! I suspect that's a dealbreaker for a lot of other people.

[@Fishmaat404]

Yeah it would be a deal breaker but fortunately it’s a bunch of bullshit. Of course you can connect it to your Mac, of course it’s only compatible with Apple products. If you’ve got an iPhone, iPad or Mac you’re golden, no biggie.

[@geirwerner1]

puffnstuff4004 Without bringing facts you should not comment. Makes it confusing when anyone is just spewing out comments without knowledge.

[@EddyGraphic]

Amazon does have a speaker that sounds great, it is called the Amazon Echo Studio and was released at the end of 2019

[@cocotaveras8975]

To whoever reads this I hope you have a lovely day :)

[@whealman142]

Coco Taveras don’t tell me what to do.

[@multibusa]

WHEAL 😂

[@Laptopdog78]

WHEAL ‘I hope you have’ is not telling you what to do! But ‘have a lovely day’ would have been!

[@arcanekand]

Amazon released the echo studio in november for around £189.99 which will impact the apple homepod even more. plus the apple homepod can only be setup using an apple device which limits it to apple device owners.

[@goldfingerhardcore]

Two words: too expensive.

[@Niels_f2704]

And Siri

[@flavoursofsound]

I have the white HomePod in the bedroom and Amazon Echo in the kitchen. These are the best places for them and would unlikely swap them round. I’d like to get a second HomePod for the living room but I’m hoping they’d drop the price a bit further.

[@Megaaleh]

Why the HomePod failed: Too dumb to be a smart speaker and too closed in one ecosystem to be a regular speaker. Siri is SO FAR behind it’s competition. But at least it has Shortcuts. 🤷🏻‍♂️ If only the HomePod had Bluetooth so people could pair ANY device to it, at least it would fit in more situations.

[@michaelscalamichaelscala9256]

If the price was lower, they had a good free Apple Music service, and allowed support for 3rd party apps like Spotify, amazon music, etc they’d sell A LOT more units

[@louisau2011]

Without sounds quality, almost features you can do it with your smartphone.

[@quandaledingle1179]

The truth is, I just bought a google home for 30 dollars and there’s no chance, even if I knew what an apple HomePod was that I would’ve bought one instead.

[@javiazar]

Siri sucks. Doesn't work with Spotify. There you go. Saved you 10 minutes of your life.

[@queenoffaygocosplays4524]

javixm Spotify still exists? I’d hoped they’d died out by now

[@ricardomlourenco]

javixm lol

[@javiazar]

@@queenoffaygocosplays4524 Yeah, shocker! It's still the No.1 music streaming service in the world.

[@Nedbruce]

You missed the point about it regarding the HomeKit integration. And how it integrates with Apple TV to allow people to control home devices using their HomePod. this device is the center of the home and with its microphone array allows you to talk to your home.

[@DzoMarijaRemarkas]

The biggest problem for me was that HomePod sound quality is bad. It has no middle range frequencies. So I sold it. I'm also the owner of iPod HiFi and it's suit me well, audio quality is much better than HomePod. I connected AppleTV through toslink cable and I'm streaming music over Wifi.

[@Fishmaat404]

Anatolijus Jadovas have a read-through www.soundandvision.com/content/apple-homepod-wireless-smart-speaker-review-page-2

[@nyawnyaw12345]

Buy a pair of krk rokit 6's for the same price some of the best speakers I've ever heard

[@gernm18]

Oisin O Grady for that price the rokits are way better and strong. Nothing wrong with cables, which ensure true audio quality,

[@dstein111]

Keep in mind most apple products aren’t immediate hits.

[@scan4707]

Yeah just like the original iPad

[@mint773]

lol stop trying to defend apple in this

[@thepolice4063]

Carlos wow, now he’s suddenly an iSheep just because he made an argument in defense of apple.

[@tvolta4830]

Carlos 0 iq

[@mint773]

@@thepolice4063 I never called him a iSheep.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

I would actually love to purchase a HomePod of Apple gives it an audio jack and the ability to play music over Bluetooth. If I can use that tiny thing as a speaker for all my devices I feel I may actually be able to justify the high price.

[@Incidental104]

Apple: sues Samsung for copying the original iPhone design keeps bitching about how there designers work arround rhe clock to makes iPhones Also Apple: makes a smart speaker that looks exactly like the competition

[@dnghn.design]

Siri is struggling because apple tried to not let siri look at your privacy stuff so it couldn't compete

[@lyduybangpro1995]

really ? www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/apple-contractors-regularly-hear-confidential-details-on-siri-recordings

[@ZRO777]

U could see this product failing the moment it was released.

[@RN-yo4qm]

I used my HomePod with my apple 4k tv and the sound for movies is incredible.

[@tanesimons6501]

I have a HomePod and love it, excellent sound and integrates well with the Apple ecosystem. Definitely expensive but I have justified it

[@irishkennypotts]

My only issue with the Apple HomePod is that is can't/won't answer queries like other smart speakers. Make it answer the same as it does on the iPhone and it'll sell better.

[@Sam-pn2kc]

Love my Homepod sounds so good

[@andrewnibbi]

I have homepods and I love them, but I had a conversation with a friend which I feel really reflects the challenges the product has. “I’m gonna get a Google Home Mini” “Get an Echo Dot instead. I’d rather Amazon be mining my data than Google” “Yeah I don’t trust either of them” “If you care about privacy, get a Homepod” “Yeah, I trust Apple far more, but it’s $350”. Whatever advantages Apple may have, and they do have advantages, they’re pricing themselves out of the market.

[@arevee9429]

The biggest limitation is only working with 'Apple Music' / iTunes without adding in the extra complication of the phone and "air play". I use a Sonos with integrated Alexa. It may not sound quite as good as the apple product, but for most things, no phone is required and it does all the things that Alexa does with voice control. In addition to playing music, streaming podcasts, etc. It sound much better than an Echo Dot, which in my opinion, is worthless for music or even streaming podcasts.

[@brickadventures]

The one thing about the HomePod that doesn’t bother me is the Apple Music exclusivity because they have the best music streaming app

[@tapekeep]

Despite being useless as a current iPhone/iPod dock, the iPod Hi-Fi is still a solid, high quality speaker. Bonus points for built-in S/PDIF support and remote control.

[@TheBigdutchster]

I have 2 HomePods, paired. The second one was purchased at a significant discount. I love the sound quality and use them regularly with AirPlay with my home theater system.

[@ag4eng]

I think the real failure for Apple was to cancel the Airport routers instead of making them mesh. The idea of HomeKit was good, but the execution is not there. You cannot find many devices compatible with HomeKit. HomePod was more of a music speaker with EQ intelligence. It does that well, but that’s not what the market thinks it should be, so there is a lot confusion about it.

[@brickman409]

The biggest problem is how locked down it is. No wired audio input of any kind, which I guess is kind of expected since they remove the headphone jack on all their products, but you can't even directly connect to it with bluetooth. You only have the option of Apple music, everything else can only be streamed with airplay. So it's like you're locked down into the Apple eco system as well as being locked down to using Apple's own music streaming service. Not even Apple sheep want that kind of restriction.

[@marko2873]

It needs app extentions for developers. They need to be able to create useful features so that when someone adds an app to their iPhone, their apple account adds related functionality to the homepod (including other music services). As its a communal device and not a personal one, it also needs voice print identification so it can be more personal. It's got an iPhone chip so it should be capable.

[@JohnDoe-dj3xh]

they envisioned it as a high quality speaker, then neglected to allow any input method other than wirelessly (no AUX, RCA, or any other way to put sound into this thing) through an iPhone, immediately shutting out half of the phone market (and over half by some estimates), and then priced it so that you could get a much more competent set of speakers for the same price

[@thefrdshow5779]

I got mine for Black Friday for $199 and loved it. Siri works much faster than my echo for my smart light bulbs 💡 and it works really well with my appletv . I have to say the best product I own from Apple .