Apple HomePod mini

Homepod mini needs to be worth that extra cash for apple enthusiasts. It will be especially if you have an iphone or an apple tv or already owned the ...

Well, the HomePod Mini is truly an impressive smart speaker. But in order to take advantage of all of its smart features and also to justify the price...

They may have Bluetooth to connect up, but not that just passing over back and forth so easily. Number 10 is smart home control. With the HomePod mini...

Since the lock apparently only works on HomeKit over Bluetooth (sounds like this is an Apple-enforced thing), I've placed my hub, a HomePod Mini, right next to the lock when trying to pair per August's instructions. Without fail, attempting to enable HomeKit via the August app gives a 'Failed to Pair' message. I don't believe I've even once gotten 'enable HomeKit' to work through the August app.

The Apple HomePod mini is a small spherical home speaker with Siri built-in. It has a balanced mid-range out-of-the-box, so voices and lead instruments reproduce clearly and with detail, though they sound dark at times. Unfortunately, it lacks sound customization features like a graphic EQ and presets, so you can't customize its sound to better suit your preferences

I'm not that concerned since I have my cameras tied to smart plugs that enable/disable based off of my location (HomePod Mini), but it's still a bad taste in my mouth. At the same time, it's pretty damn hard to find any other HomeKit cameras in this price range.

The Apple HomePod mini is a smaller, more lightweight version of the discontinued Apple HomePod. It offers built-in Siri capabilities, and the microphone does an excellent job understanding you even if you aren't very close to it. It's compatible with the Apple Home app, which you can use to pair this speaker with other HomePod minis

The Apple HomePod mini is the best voice assistant speaker for iPhone that we've tested. This small spherical home speaker comes with Siri built-in and is excellent at registering your commands from far away, though it has a bit more trouble picking up your voice in noisier settings.

However, just recently, my iOS device shows “No Response” for those devices. When I try to ask Siri on my HomePod mini: “Is my living room lamp on?” it replies “Your living room lamp is on.” Which shows the HomePod mini has a solid connection to it. That same query fails on both my iPhone, and my original HomePod (which logically makes sense since they aren’t thread border routers).