Apple HomePod Review: The Dumbest Smart Speaker? 

Mrwhosetheboss my man what's good

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Mrwhosetheboss congrats again for 1 million

Yeah man. My thought as well.

Hmm....

Shankar S dope man 😂😂😂😂😂

Siri is like a caveman when compared to Alexa or Google Assistant.

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Shankar S good point 😂😂

even bixby is better than siri subjectively as an assistant

Except you can’t use it as a speaker, can you? Nah

Matt Woldanski yes, you can airplay everything to HomePod, what you talking about?

@@ECDY airplay and bluetooth are very different

Platinum XYZ yea they are different, airplay is better quality compared to Bluetooth. And bluetooth literally plays anything that my phone produce, that’s not a good thing, like when I’m typing, I don’t need to hear that typing sound on the Bluetooth speaker, or when I’m taking a call, Bluetooth speaker just stops playing music, I don’t want that. I want my speaker still playing songs while I talk calls, or keeps playing musics while I’m using my phone to watch RU-vid. That can’t be done with Bluetooth, plus, Bluetooth does not retain the lossless quality. That’s why most speaker companies uses WiFi not Bluetooth, such as Sonos or heos. With airplay, I can play multi room audio with different speakers that support airplay. I can play my HomePod in my room, Samsung tv(that supports airplay 2) with sound bar in living room, Sonos in another room, Bose in the kitchen, all at the same time. So yes, Bluetooth and airplay are different, but airplay is way better.

@@ECDY I left the Apple ecosystem lol

Make it so it can connect also with an aux cable so I can connect it to my tv

Give us the option to choose which assistant you want to use: Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, etc

@@LoganT547 what the hell are you talking about, just get a different speaker, why would they give you the option to use other voice assistants on their speaker

@@manaspradhan8041 yes but some people like the sound quality of HomePod.

It’s like you guys buy products because someone tells you too. If they have an “assistant” why would they let you use the competitions? You guys don’t understand anything.

Amen

Add to that being wrong. The HomePod showed up immediately on my Mac as a speaker output... weird.

I don't think he knows what air play is lol

laughing my a** off

Philip Damian hey man, I have a passion for tech and I actually have a tech channel similar to this one. I make good quality video but need a larger audience. Do you think you could check it out and possibly subscribe?

For lower than $349, you could get a bluetooth speaker that's better than the HomePod.

LollyPop Lolly why would anyone buy a spy in their house from Amazon or Google. HomePod is the only one I’m considering and it’s too expensive that I’m not even gonna buy it.

@@gfjfjufidi2880 The things you can do with an Amazon or Google smart home device for such a small price are a lot better than HomePod. Also, Apple devices could always be spying too.

StyleNina bluetooth audio is garbage

You can’t really get a good normal speaker of high quality at $349

9 hundred and too stupid to do anything useful

it's an Apple product of course it's going to be in the apple ecosystem. however it is a very disappointing product and I really wish they would've done better

@@grizzlixx at least they could have put an AUX port or bluetooth.

@@9hundred67 I wouldn't expect an aux from any product like this in the future, and personally I don't really mind given the use case of the smart speaker but lack of Bluetooth is just idiotic. just a bad product

9 hundred did u watch Apple ecosystem explained lol 😂

That‘s my boy

Dead

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hahah yeh I saw that

Eat yo cereal

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Snazzy Labs people should just buy an Amazon echo or google home mini and connect that to some better speaker which will cost less than the homepod

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jay shyamdasani yes lad android for the win and later iOS

I use it as toilet paper as it fits perfectly in my bathroom!

not funny ;D

keep it there

haha

YeetMode why would you buy it if you throw it in the trash

But it can? I use my HomePod as a speaker for my MacBook. Using it right now on this video.

Carson I’m sure watching this video triggered you.

@@CarsonLoewen maybe they added that as a feature since he made his comment and you made yours

@@CarsonLoewen yeah alot of features were added

Carson Loewen is there a lag? I tried using with my iMac and there is a 2 second lag

bruh

Ryland Ortiz ha

Ryland Ortiz or someones penis.

@@Username-lt7lt Yeah,because my penis is very loud.

HAHAHA

Dale Cooper He’s probably talking about the features, not the sound quality.

Apple is sad

Ashton Henson I know especially the way it sounds and it’s impressive hardware But it just doesn’t work

Apple is sad lmao

i"m with you on this I have EVERYTHING apple. and wanted this to be competitive? but... yep. I'm Sticking with my Alexa on this. Damn, apple... what's going on?

MeisterYodarkus i would too buddy

That's why you're not.

@@Mohamed-jv6nv What does that mean?

@@wlt3585workers are slaves in apple that is what i think he said maybe

Nathan Niang Same

Same omg 😒

That sounds so cute

They should actually call it that. Sounds better than HomePod.

Talking marshmellow

Just 1999$ lmao

That sounds cute

Manish Bisht don't convert it directly, u know they will charge ₹7000 extra because apple.

Amazon echo is much cheaper and much better if you are planning to buy is India

Rohan Bansal u saw yesterday's advert didn't u? I hope google brings google home to india soon.

Manish Bisht you are forgetting tax.

You have to include import tax and even increase the price by about 8000

Same, and when he asked who Harden was, lol.

Same here with my home pod

if you just want it for listening to music then you can get much much better sounding speakers for the same price so even the hardware isnt worth it lol

Cal can you give me some specific speakers that sounds better than HomePod, but priced at 299 and lower?

@@ECDY JBL link 20 sounds amazing, and there is google assistent build in!

@@ECDY I think it's around 120 dollars

Tim Koken the two speakers are incomparable, one is a portable Bluetooth speaker with 2 driver, and another one is a WiFi home speaker with 8 driver. The Sonos one is a close competitor, but still the HomePod won in terms of sound quality. Another one that’s similar to HomePod is Bose home speaker 500, but it costs $349. A lotta people say with $300 you can get a tons of other speakers that sounds wayyyyy better than HomePod, but could never give me an example that even come close to HomePod, sound or size or build quality wise.

ayyyyy calm it down big boi, Christian channel.

Andrew Foy 앤디 speaking of classic apple at 5:20 he talks about Spotify of course apple won't let you use voice controls with their competitor, so stupid

@@almostgreatnate7444 but that's because it's apple. Google has their own music app but they allow you to use spotify, same with alexa

AlmostGreatNate it’s actually you who is stupid because he is talking about 1:40

Are you the REAL Andrew Foy?

Vendetta V yeah but the only way to play music is through Apple music and that only works if I have an iPhone, alternatively, I can air play to it from an iMac but that's just an inconvenience. Cant connect with Bluetooth, can't connect with aux, incompatible with Android. If I were to spend $500 on a speaker, the Homepod would be the last thing I buy.

Yeah bitch, go on, compare a luxury speaker to a smart device. When you buy a homepod you don't want a speaker you want a 'smart speaker'. The homepod doesn't have that functionality. Therefore, it is shit.

I think the biggest red flag with this device is how it locks you to an Iphone. Say you buy this homepod and a couple of months later you give a relative(Dad, Mom, Uncle whatever) your Iphone and transition to an Android device. 400$ down the drain because Apple once again wants to lock you into their ecosystem? Also last time I checked Apple Music was a crappy non user-friendly platform so even with an Iphone I wouldn't appreciate being pushed into using it because the Homepod does not fully support other platforms

I wouldn't agree with you. In my opinion, people nowadays switch between different brands all the time. You could be an Apple fateful today and decide you want to try an android device in a year. The nature of this device is that it gets used by controlling parties. You invite friends home, somebody got something on his phone, connects and shares it with everybody. You see what I'm saying, airpods are a piece of tech that you probably would not share as much as a pod supposed to stay at the center of your home for everybody to use (android or apple users). I expect the product to not be top notch with android devices, it's not optimised for it, but to completely block the acces to android users is not a smart move. Nobody is going to be like ''oh damn I love my Pixel/Galaxy, but that HomePod is so good I'm ditching my android and shelling an extra 1000$ alongside the Homepod!''

I KNOW RIGHT

It has to sound great, that’s all it has to offer. Lol.

And it doesn’t look horrible. That’s about the 5th things a person thinks about when they buy a product to make their life easier.

Caliduchey or buying it all !!!

It's a better purchase then a PS4 or Nintendo switch. Not comparing the $60 games u have to buy for those consoles

@@flavioa6351 yeah, triple a games, but not indie games

Flavio Agushi this is $350. A switch/PS4/Xbox is $300. You can get a bunch of indie games for less than $50

Titanium Labs so u post the updated price of the system but not the HomePod lol. You can find this speaker for 250-275 now . Best Buy was just seeking it last week for 250.

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It's called HomePod, in relation to iPod, AirPods, all of Apples ads for it are about music

Blake Bedford-Palmer ..yup, it will soon be known as the xpod🤣 and then they will change the shape for the next one, add 2 apple logos, stick a smart label on it, and call it super pod for $450.00

Jerry Puckett no this should be called a smart speaker..... If no other smart speaker existed.

Blake Bedford-Palmer makes sense actually. We thought it was a smart speaker when it's really an iPod speaker.

More like: Hardware engineers- 💯 Software engineers- 🤯

How do the hardware engineers receive such high praise? The fucking cord isnt even detachable, it has no bluetooth or any ports 😂😂😂

its funny because for iPhone thats like the exact opposite, great software experience (okay maybe not ios 11 lol) but meh hardware...

TheEpicTurban iPhone x has the best hardwere and good/meh softwere

Every apple product

kult_deyo_DHA My echo dot 3 was $25 lol connected to an 8 yr old Bose SoundDock

Yep

Well, apple..

That's just apple...money hungry bitches (-_-)

Apple belike they just overprice there stuff

Jeewaka Dayarathne lol you're only saying that because it's apple.

C3 maybe its cause google's products are better

check the review of ATH m50x

There's technical guruji too

He’s clearly working for google now

Lol

Hassanotta what do u mean?

@@ethanaustin_17 it's the time the first iPhone was announced by Steve Jobs. 9:41 AM

@@Alaois oh yea thats cool thanks for the info

I unliked it so it stays at 69 likes

@@ethanaustin_17 plus all iPhones have 9:41 as their time in a picture

Alexandre there's multiple people working on these videos, it's not just him, idiot.

Alexandre You clearly didn't watch his last video 😂

Tech With Brett I watch you

I was just thinking that

Tech With Brett hi

Lord Flacko me too

Good xD

Lord Flacko same😂

i got a honey add

I did to!! Lmao smart advertising

What's that Alltta song???

I want to know that Alltta song too

Jason Lin Hey ! The song is : AllttA - Calling Crows 😉

I just found it and you beat me to it!!! It's dope af

Audran Productions thank you kind sir. It has been added to my playlist 👌 Hard not to love Marquees..

Pieterjan Plessers Between this review and the Home Max its pretty clear he wants people to buy the Home Max but he just cant say it outloud without fanboy hate

Who says that? He's as unbiased as a reviewer can get. You can't argue with the facts he talks abt.

Pieterjan Plessers yeah whenever he says something bad about an Apple product the Apple fans immediately jump to conclusion that he's an android fanboy or hates Apple even if what he says are true

Pieterjan Plessers He always says that one aspect is better than all other companies which sounds bribed But I dont think he is

Pieterjan Plessers hey man, I have a passion for tech and I actually have a tech channel similar to this one. I make good quality video but need a larger audience. Do you think you could check it out and possibly subscribe?

aye lmao

Davii Mai he's not kidding. Other people said that Siri doesn't quite know anything when using this thing.

Outbreak Studio LOL. Apple should just stop copying other companies by making the same products. The prices that they charge people for the electronics are ridiculous. Not allowing other things to be used with their products just shows how greedy the company is. People are crazy if they support apple.

Google home is original, and nothing "yet" can beat it!

Davii Mai but it's true

Master Pooper lol why

Alphonsus Ho - Who uses the Home tab? Just use the subscriptions tab!

i have that a couple of days ago

I did

Scott Sullivan what if you watched every video in your subscription?

For most people, yea. Even if you do have apple music it might not be for you.

Yeah.

He's talking about the HomePod. Not your 2 cents.

Over sensitive apple hater getting super triggered about nothing. See how pointless and easy generalisations are?

Keith Manchego it is basically a speaker for your mobile gadget that costs almost half the price as your gadget, is not mobile, nor is stereo or is compatible with your other gadgets... in another words.... priceless piece of Apple hardware. Could of been great, but is made by Apple and only work with Apple IOS and not even Apple Mackintosh.... The world seamless ecosystem comes to mind... LOL

Man is that so true and needed in these times!

I know right? I photosynthesis when this happens

UnPhayzable Pretentious.

It makes me want to euphemism

Nice 1

UnPhayzable this etatrobates my interphelisiois

16 people do... edit: now 642 people do jeez

The TechieGames - Haha yesssss 😂

That is what I would do.

What can i get for 49 dollars more lol

Google home max right

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I love a lot of things about Apple, but they do shoot themselves in the foot, sometimes, when a product is not usable for so many people. Then again, people who literally buy every single apple product no matter what, will still keep them roiling in dough. Like, a friend told me over 6 years ago, before I got my first iphone, iphones and apple are an investment. If you're either not willing to go all in or you only want specific stuff and nothing else really matters, don't go with apple or iphone. Thankfully, I really only care about the phone and really nothing else. I couldn't imagine spending this much on a smart speaker that doesn't do what all basic smart speakers do, and cost much less, at that. I'm good with my little $60 bluetooth speaker; it sounds good enough and I only need it to play music.

Hero Fahed he always plugs Jerry in his videos.

Hero Fahed so does Jerry..

They always talk about each other in their videos...

I think I missed that part. Can someone give me the timestamp pls?

Death Jenex is That so important for you?

DID everyone though? I haven't seen many positive reviews on this product.

Word everyone called it dumb with great hardware.

Other than the watch and iphone x theyve been getting actual bad reviews. It used to be what was negative on one thing was praised on an Apple product.

FulloSlinks right I'm tired of everyone kissing apples ass when everything they make is always good.

He's meaning line in. Not plugging in headphones. They're both 1/8" stereo.

Zarif Ahmed Shut up, and you're the bitch who plays Minecraft

Luna measty You guys display perfectly whats wrong with people

Luna measty by reacting like that u are not better at all. Why should i need you, a guy that doesnt even know me, to defend me from some apple fanboy.

eikedittmannaw because I'm so sick of people bullying people on the comments for no reason, and you may not need my help, so? I can comment whatever I want to him since he wants to tell people to kill their self all cause of a comment

kamekiwi no prescription Kyoko ooiiiio9

what

LMAO so true

Terrance Z basically that white speaker is round that looks like a toilet paper

Khalid Abdulghani yeah and almost the same size lol

yeah honestly, i don't know if it's smarter now but it was really fucking dumb

@Keshav Taneja woooosh

Jarrod Moore it plays fine from a Mac through Airplay

Jarrod Moore it does tho

Kal's Tube Shut up isheep, stop defending this crap

Airplay is second option bro. We are in 2018.. we don't want second option bro.. Here, first it should be connected to Bluetooth and then play in airplay.??? Also have you heard Bluetooth that can play music or give sound.

Well, technically it can connect to Mac and even play from Spotify with Airplay, but yeah Airplay is not really the best option out there anyway, you do lose quite a lot of controls with that, i mean the fact that you have to use secondary method like Airplay to play an other Apple product is kinda lame, atleast it should've worked with all Apple products. But yeah, if you are talking about other computers then no way it's possible. I make tech videos in my channel. if you are free kindly do try my channel out. I will really appreciate it.

Cookie Monster wouldn't like this trash can he can't even get in it it's too restricted hahahahahahaha

No, that was the Mac pro. This is just an earphone core with a few decent speakers.

Smartest tissue box*

Trash canNOT

Darrell Brown you can only throw apple trash in it

Since most apple fanboys are dumb it makes sense.

@@H.E.M. you're so predictable

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Hahaha

That's about it. And it's mono. :( And I don't care *how* many degrees of sepaation it has. It's still mono.

it's a SMERT speaker

....without Bluetooth connectivity or an audio jack.........

NO a Dog toy.

Might as well spend a extra hundred and buy a actual speaker system with multiple speakers.

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No1VIPER true

No1VIPER ikr

If this is common knowledge, why do people need to constantly talk about it?

No1VIPER also people will think u rich thats why

Google home is better

Ishak Debbi credits: marques's and his crew

John Karpet Hey there, I have the exact same reason why I am interested in this speaker. I care more about the sound quality rather than the smart assistant. But I am still considering about whether or not I should buy it. Do you think it was worth those 300 bucks? I really need your honest opinion since I really cannot decide about whether or not I should get it. Thanks 😊

Tomas Kmit I got mine for 200 on a resale website. I honestly would not pay 300 but 200 is definitely worth it. The quality is something you have to hear yourself to understand how crisp and heavy the bass is. I can have the volume up to get it a fifth of the way to the max and I can still feel the bass in my floor. So if you can find a deal for 200, yes you should snag it

@@jkarpet Alrighty thank you very much for your suggestion. It really helped me a lot.

Wasn't that always the case?

Encino lol... Agreed

Vishal Giri lmai

for 350 $ thats the minimum it should do

hahaha... classic apple

Tech Thusiast you've got a lot of comparison videos in your channel

Mee too lol

And looks like a trash *can*

A L I and you look like trash dumpster

Burn!!

@@PINDAZIZ Anything cylindrical with a minimalist design looks like a trash can.

Eeshaan Achar that’s one hell of an expensive trash can

lool

Alicia Walmsley Their original garbage can was $2000

if i were apple. i then i would make the homepod a apple

They got millions of people hooked, even if only to the phone, they don't need to lead, anymore.

Steve Jobs would not approve of this style.

@@BooDotBoo Not true. Perhaps that might have been true a little while back, but they're sorely in need of some innovation as smartphones sales have been dwindling.

Stefano Nuparu Yh I think so

జ్ఞాజ్ఞాజ్ఞాజ్ఞా idk lets see

it lays on its side and rolls through the windows

Stefano Nuparu 😂😂😂

Command it to read the latest Message

Sohail Hashim same

Sohail Hashim do you people not use adblock for chrome?

Kimali Bennett I'm on my phone

Kimali Bennett I can't remember when last time I watched RU-vid on PC

Sohail Hashim How ironic 😂

Nah, still way overpriced

jackdadog888 Obviously He’s MKBHD

Pavel apple did this to themselves when they made a half-baked product and tried to charge so much

I'm thankful he did, apple needs to know people aren't going to buy their shitty beta products just because it's Apple. BTW this is coming from an iMac, iPhone, Apple TV, iPad owner.

G M worked with the iPhone,  Watch, Macs etc. I think they’ll be fine. That said, for $349, they should’ve updated Siri and opened it up to other audio sources..

Albedo Yuriev 😆😆😆😆

Patrick Rousseau When I have my phone or Google home on my wood table it doesn't leave a mark weird right?

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Patrick Rousseau My wood table is made from very real wood, are you telling me the tree I cut down and made my table wasn't made from real wood?

cedmanotro sure

iJustine says everything Apple does is the best. Lol. I know the sarcasm.

Do you really care about a tech review from a girl....

EvilPlaya Fuck off with your sexist bullshit. We dont need you here.

All she cares about is the looks of the product... Not the actual tech inside it...

EvilPlaya Actually yes. Erica Griffin is a damn good reviewer. iJustine is worthless though lol

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