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The Surprising Legacy of the HomePod
The original HomePod in 2018 was not a successful product, but over the last couple years I've noticed
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HomePods + Apple TV: Fun, but I Had to Move On
This was going to be a very long post, but I got bored reading my own post, so I threw
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Goodbye, HomePod
Apple announced they are discontinuing the original HomePod, and I’m sad to see it go. I thought it was a good time to look back on the last 3 years of writing about the HomePod and see how things held up. After all, it’s not often I get to look back on my
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HomePod Mini: The Review I’ve Wanted to Write for 3 Years
The HomePod mini is something I’ve been campaigning for since November 2017, 3 months before the original HomePod was
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A HomePod with an Aux Jack Would be Heaven
How to output all Mac sound to stereo-paired HomePods, though with drawbacks - 9to5Mac
It’s not a great solution, but it is certainly better than nothing.
Look, I know some people are going to cry bloody murder here, but I'd love for a version of the HomePod that shipped with an aux
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Enjoy Your HomePod Apple Music Playlist
Back when the HomePod was new, I made a playlist with a bunch of songs I thought would sound great on Apple's then new speaker. Since then, I'm not sure a day hs gone by without me getting a notification that someone has added that playlist to thier library. The thing
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HomePod and Sonos One: A Cage Match No One Will Soon Forget
I’ve lived with a Sonos One and HomePod in my house for a year and wanted to share an update.
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The Sonos One is Basically a HomePod with Google Assistant
Abner Li writing for 9to5Google:
Sonos speakers are a step up for most home audio systems and the just added Google Assistant support makes the products even more appealing. The Sonos One and Beam are now frustratingly close to being a better Google Home, but ultimately are not direct replacements, especially if you’re already
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Apple Music Coming to Google Home
I saw this this story on MacRumors tonight and immediately thought about selling my HomePods. I immediately went to my Google Home app to see if I saw the same thing.
Hell yeah!
Now, I probably won’t, as I enjoy AirPlay 2 enough to probably keep them around, but Apple Music is the primary
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A Minor HomePod Annoyance (timers with multiple HomePods)
https://youtu.be/TPEc1R6BbdU
The biggest current annoyance I have with the HomePod is how the interact with each other. Basically, if you have multiple HomerPods, none of them know what timers the others are running. So if I set a timer in the kitchen, I can’t make it stop from my HomePod in
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9 Months With HomePod
I’ve had a HomePod in my life since they released on February 9 this year and I’ve used mine everyday. Since then I’ve even bought a second HomePod and have tried them out in a bunch of different setups. I wanted to talk about that as well as revisit my original review
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A Few Strong Smart Speaker Opinions
One: Amazon got this whole “voice in a can” revolution going, and they deserve tons of credit for figuring that out. When the original Echo was announced, we all thought it was going to flop. Instead, it has heralded a wave of innovation (and $$$) in this new category. This extends to making “flash briefing” style
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HomePod Gets It’s First Meaningful Update
Note: HomePod did get an update last month, but no one was able to suss out any user-facing changes.
The most exciting update for me is the ability to finally ask my HomePod about my schedule for the day. My work calendar is super important to me and the fact Siri on the HomePod
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My HomePod Mini Proposal (redux)
Almost exactly 6 months ago, a full 3 months before HomePod shipped, I wrote this piece about what HomePod model I was hoping Apple would make for the 2018 holiday season. Since then we have seen not one, not two, but three separate rumors indicating that Apple is working on a cheaper HomePod for release
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If Apple Never Makes a Cheaper HomePod, it Would be a Major Break from History
In 2001, the iPod was released at $399. Just 9 months later the second ten iPod came out, pushing the original model to $299. By 2003, the 3rd gen iPod started at $299 as well. In 2004, the iPod mini released at $199.
In 2007, the Apple TV launched at $299. The next version (3
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On the HomePod's Supposed "Lagging Sales"
Report: HomePod sales lagging - Six Colors
Yes, the HomePod is a great sounding speaker. Yes, it’s ability to recognize its wake word, no matter the volume, is better than the Echo’s. But the amount of tasks that it simply falls down on gives me little reason to use the voice control part of
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One Month with HomePod: What If My Ears Can’t Hear Retina?
After a month1 with the HomePod, I felt it was about time to share some general thoughts I have on Apple’s newest hardware. I reviewed the HomePod after about a week with it, and was mostly positive about it. HomePod sounds great and has some nice music features, but some of its software shortcomings
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HomePod Issue? Just Turn it Off!
A HomePod Intervention - Stephen Hackett
Our smart speakers have always been under a counter in the kitchen, and we brush the top of them a lot more than we realized after the HomePod would start blaring music after any accidental touch. Apple should have an option to disable it.
Having trouble with Siri on the