Apple HomePod mini vs Bose Portable Smart Speaker

I've had sporadic success getting the lock to pair by instead adding it through the Home app and *then* viewing its HomeKit settings in the August app. When I'm able to get this far, the lock state seems to be successfully communicated to the Home app (sends notifications when locking, unlocking, etc).

It works well with WIFI and Bluetooth. No early dropout. At first listen it wasn’t bad. It has more low end than the revolve+ but it seemed to leave the mids sounding a bit thin

It also has what apple calls an acoustic wave guide that channels audio, so the homepod mini sounds the same all the way around speaker, even though h...

5 inches high and a little over 4 inches in diameter, and it weighs slightly under 2.5 pounds, so it's not all that heavy, either. The size, portabili...

If you haven't seen them yet, I highly recommend checking out my full AirPods 3 review as well as my iPhone 13 review. Thanks again for watching, guys...

g) (-1 star) No stereo pairing with any of Bose's Wi-Fi or Bluetooth speakers, not even with another PHS.

Alarms are great for triggering routines when they go off. I have one here that when my alarm goes off in the morning, it turns on my coffee machine, ...

I purchased the *Bose Portable Speaker* for the Airplay 2 capabilities and it has been nothing but pain and heartache. I’ve been 100% disappointed in this product.

It produces a more punchy bass to me than the HomePod Mini. Now, when turned up to max volume, the HomePod Mini doesn't seem to produce any distortion...

When I bought the Bose Portable Home Speaker (PHS), I wanted to know how it measured up to the older Bluetooth-only Bose Revolve+. I've had it for a little over a year now and it is a significant generational leap forward over the Revolve+. Pros over Revolve+: a) 20-30 % louder b) Higher fidelity and louder bass while only being slightly larger than Revolve+ (doesn't feel much heavier) Bose has changed their sound signature slightly for this speaker where at near max volume it compresses sound in a much, much more pleasing way versus the Micro, Revolve, Revolve+ c) Higher quality streaming over Wi-Fi & Spotify Connect d) Similar in sound quality to Bose Home Speaker 300 (which is a non-portable speaker) e) 180 degree charging port on bottom - as long as the speaker is handle-side up you can set it on the charging dock (not included) in any direction and it just works. Cons over Revolve+: a) No audio over USB b) No AUX Port c) No tripod mount d) The PHS has loud power on/off, pairing, connection/disconnection tones that can't be turned off *Voice prompts can still be turned on/off, but with them turned off you don't know the battery level unless you check the Bose Music app (the power LED on the speaker remains white the whole time until it is at 10%, when it glows red) e) You can no longer wake-up the speaker via Bluetooth when the speaker is powered-off i

11n Wi-Fi. Of course, the speaker also works with Apple AirPlay 2, so you can stream directly from Apple devices. There’s no physical connectivity here, however, like an aux input.

One thing: that's missing is an audio input, so you can't connect an audio device via an auxiliary cable. This is strictly a bluetooth speaker, bose's...

The only thing I dislike is the price, however it is an apple product and you are also getting a really good quality device and speaker so take of it what you will.

I bought this hoping I could paired and play multiple room music with Alexa, but I found out I could not do it and did not allow me. I was hoping the sound quality and loudness was going to be better than the revolve but it doesn’t. So you can get a cheaper device anywhere with better sound quality and better features. In my opinion I’m planing to return this and buy another speaker that performs better and for better price

It’s clear that Apple designed this to complement the larger HomePod. If you have an original in your living room, you can put the mini in various other places in your home without having to invest as much money or take up as much shelf space.

I think this is due to the design of the passive radiators. There are 3 instead of 2 now. I think Bose are pushing the limit of what the speaker can do and it is a balancing act they usually win but this speaker is not the case. It is that resonating frequency that annoys me because it is so loud compared to all other frequencies

It's small. It's unobtrusive: this is how a mini speaker should be so then the reason people are buying these cheaper, smaller smart speakers is just ...

BTW, would have bought the Sonos move but it was too big to get down here. Had a Sonos one and that had no problem with their voice control. If you want to use this in the Caribbean or South America you're out of luck.

The only issue I have is the max volume. I feel like it lacks a little bit in that department. But on the plus side, max volume does not sound distorted at all.

Then i keep getting this weird volume fluctuation. So ill be listening to a song and as it starts volume is at 100% then when the chorus kicks in it kinda gets muffled and sounds like the volume lowers itself by 20% then it goes up again to 100%. Doesnt happen always but enough where it is noticeable and irritating. Now if i lower the overall volume of the speaker this is less frequent