Why Apple Discontinued HomePod 

Interesting fact - often you can sell preowned Apple HomePod for more than you paid for it as a brand new

I think another reason the HomePod didn’t sell great was because according to MKBHD, you couldn’t use the HomePod with Bluetooth, which for that price is a MAJOR problem that deters a lot of people from buying it!

I am still upset that they have discontinued the original HomePod, without any replacement.

i purchased two full sized homepods back when it was new. dolby atmos audio is what i like and the volume from both trumps the minis

There is never a smart speaker as good as the original HomePod in terms of sound quality. I would still buy one

So glad I got the original homepod the sound is insane on it.. now people are selling them for double the price which sucks because id like another one for stereo. Wish they kept it beats the mini sound by miles. (yes I understand its expensive but for the bass and quality it gives is worth it for some)

I have two original HomePods in a stereo pair and OMG it sounds amazing! I have HomePod minis too and they don't come anywhere close to the quality and richness. If Apple were still selling the original I would absolutely pick them up to replace my minis.

I’ve got a pair of Home pods and I absolutely love the stereo sound. I use them to watch moves on the iPad Pro 12.9 and enjoy stunning sound. Apple poured there heart and soul into making the Home pod. Im heart broken they’ve discontinued it 😢. I hope Apple brings Home pod back

I wonder whether Apple made the right decision to limit the market when they introduced HomePod. In the Netherlands e.g. HomePod wasn’t available due to the inclusion of Siri, which wasn’t ready in Dutch. I finally bought one imported from Germany. When I decided to extend my HomePod collection, Apple decided to discontinue it. Which I find really sad, as I’m fully immersed in the Apple ecosystem.

I'm disappointed that Apple discontinued the HomePod. Although I enjoy my HomePod minis, I still prefer the sound quality of the original.

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I bought 2 of the original HomePod and I still get excited to use them I love jamming out and using it for everything else. Every time some one comes into my room they always compliments how awesome it sounds and that it feels like they’re in a movie theater!

“Sometimes good enough is all what is needed”. That’s true, I have two full sized HomePods and recently got a mini, the volume and the quality may not be as good, but it is ENOUGH. And with a stereo pair it’ll definitely be great. Considering you can get 3 minis for the price of a full size, the value is much better. I would have loved to see a successor though.

like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, ru-vid.comUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-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....

I have a regular homepod, its so good. I hope I can keep using it for the next decade if not longer.

I bought one from us and the order one from Germany, I recently upgrade my living room to a Bose system and bring the pair of HomePod to my bedroom. For no reason I am not going to sell them. I am just hoping that Apple will reverse their decision. These HomePods are just amazing

What Apple really needs to come out with is a soundbar with built-in Apple TV functionality, and the ability to pair it with the HomePod Minis to make a nice home theater sound solution.

The reason I didn't buy either Home Pod or Home Pod mini, because they were wired, I really want it with battery powered for portability to listen at any place.

Honestly I never knew what a good Bluetooth speaker was until I got a HomePod mini. I can only imagine the quality of the original HomePod.

A $199 HomePod Max would sell like hotcakes and be a great compliment to the Mini.

After it was discontinued I was able to buy two HomePods for $199 each. Best deal ever, great sound!

my friend has the original homepod and i wish it was still being sold. sure it was way too much $$ but in my opinion, i was so impressed by the sound coming from that small of a speaker that i think it was worth the price and i would buy it today new if i could

I still have my HomePod. I bought one 3 months ago from BestBuy brand new. Then I bought HomePod minis for the house. The sound from the HomePod is amazing and it is the centerpiece of my entertainment center

That makes sense! I wish they would work on a smaller speaker that you can put in a bag to carry on vacations. I have a beats pill and my mom thinks it is too heavy to carry around.

They should bring back the full size homepod, it is such a good solution to put on each side of Apple TV

I have a homepod mini in blue color and I'm very happy, great sound at a little size, i can be moving through the house or other places outside my house

These speakers are the best 🤷🏽‍♂️ I wish I could have more than 2. That sound quality and the way Siri interacts with home items is perfect for everyday use.

I still use two homepods as my speakers for my living room setup. You can’t beat the sound for the price in my opinion. Dolby Atmos makes it worth it.

I have and I am enjoying it with Apple HomeKit.. Super Smart speaker ever I have seen.

Very interesting point. Unfortunately that is the truth about products. If they are good enough they'll sell. The high end market doesn't move a lot of products.

I have two HomePods, and they’re amazing. They were expensive. But they’re amazing.

Two paired HomePods sound absolutely INCREDIBLE.

There is a very nuanced reason that never gets discussed. I consume most of my content on my iPod Pro and in situations where I use the speakers, the sound gets beamed from my MBP. For all practical purposes, including watching a movie, my MBP offers a great sound stage which negates the need for the HomePod. Got tempted and bought a Mini. It met the fate I feared it would deserve. Went back into the package it came in. :-) I am planning to buy two more and try using them as my intercom. No need for soundbars when you have the MBP (unless you are an audiophile)

I was waiting on this video! Finally it’s here! 💙

I have two of them. Great speakers for a small office.

The problem for me is that this kind of tech have a limited time to get software updates, like Sonos who decide to stop updates on some speakers who was still working well. I still have the speakers that I bought 20 years ago working well as the first days, I just added Bluetooth to my amplifier… using Siri… my mobile is never far

HomePod was late to the premium sound market and audiophiles had already invested in Sonos. We have two and love them but bought second hand.

I have two HomePods and two minis. The original sounds amazing!

we have the mini and the original in our home... the mini cannot compete we love the larger homepod, honestly from our massive "HiFi" system to our desk speakers, nothing beats the clarity that the homepod produces

I feel like Apple just really missed the mark with the HomePod. People were buying these things for more easy to use digital assistants more than they were the audio quality. For these people, so long as the speakers don't distort, it's fine. Then there's also the question of why focus on audio quality when there isn't an easy way of getting lossless audio to it? Compression tools these days are honestly quite amazing, and while 320 kbps MP3 may be plenty good enough for most people, for a certain market demographic, it isn't (and I'm not even talking about production here).

I really don’t understand why the market rejected this product. Consumers have shown that they are willing to spend more money on something that works and sounds better if its an audio product. I think this would have sold better if the mini came out alongside it so that people could buy one HomePod for their favorite room and a mini or 2 for the rooms that were used but more infrequently. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Home Pod max or something like that with a full touch screen so they can advertise it as the hub to your smart home. I think people would get behind that idea if the price wasn’t absurd(for apple standard not normal standards)

I still have the original Beats by Dre Beatbox - the big one… now the sound quality and bass on that is absolute killer! Will never sway from that because nothing comes close to it lol

I wish it was cheaper in Canada, the homepod mini sells for $129 and the google nest mini sells for $35 on sale!

I wish they made a portable mini version and to actually get the cable removed

They seem to have latched onto the problem, which is the culture of people wanting intra-home music and speakers (as opposed to one big loud sound system as with many years ago), and that they want Bluetooth and voice activation. Most people don’t really know good sound quality and so you don’t have to sell it to them - Beats built a whole business model on marketing poor sound with great looks and connectivity - but this is shifting a bit as people are exposed to more and more quality systems.

I have the original homepod and will never get rid of it. I love it

be honest... I think we all want him to start doing longer vids again

I got lucky and bought an OG HomePod brand new unsealed for 99 bucks at my local Best Buy. I think they were trying to just give them away at that point, for a year later Apple would reveal the mini. For that price I definitely got my money's worth. My only real gripe is Siri is still dumb, sometimes I'll request a song and she'll have a struggle trying to find the song I'm talking about, even if I read it word for word off the Apple Music app. Even with the more well received HomePod mini, I feel like Siri is what holds it back from being great.

In my house, I have a HomePod and three HomePod Minis plus a whole bunch of smart lights. Guess I can be happy to have them around now that the OG one was discontinued.

As someone who primarily uses Spotify I don't like how the homepod doesn't play nice with Spotify, at least not at first. That was the major reason I didn't but it, I felt heavy pressure to use Apple's own music service which I had no interest in, even if I was interested in the sound quality offered by the $300+ homepod.

Honestly, they should've called this the HomePod 2 instead, because yes, it's the successor, but I was confused when they discontinued the original HomePod, and kept the HomePod mini.

Love my OG HomePod, had one and once I heard they discontinued it I had to find another they we’re all sold out everywhere I got lucky with and finally found one

Please tell why they stopped making printers

I enjoy my two original homepods connected to apple tv. The sound is great

I have two of them! Pair them together with my Apple TV 4K for stereo sound

There reasons are: 1/ Overprice (most important reason) 2/ Siri is TERRIBLE compare to other smart assistants. 3/ HomePod does not play well with android, PC, and even Mac, no way to connect except using AirPlay. 4/ You have to have an iPhone. It is a smart speaker, it should have multiple interfaces for different platforms rather than stuck with only AirPlay. This product just does not make any sense.

gotta love how this was made using keynote.

I have one HomePod and it’s got legendary sound quality

Sir, please make a single video on ALL APPLE DISCONTINUED PRODUCTS till date. Would love to know from you.

Thanks For Making This Video, Because I Was Curious

I still want to try the original HomePod. I have the mini, but I want to try the big brother.

I bought the HomePod mini because I wanted an external speaker to listen to in my workshop, and if some of the other features worked great. But that is not how Apple wanted me to use it. It will be relegated to the drawer with my Apple Pencil and my Apple TV that never failed to disappoint. No more spontaneous purchases from Apple for me. It took me longer than usual to learn with them. I do use my old iPhone 8 to replace my iPod Classic though.

Maybe this is why Apple Music returned to Canada on the Google/Nest speakers? It was gone for many years but just recently returned.

I have two of the OG HomePods and use them with eArc through my Apple TV so I’m able to use them with my PS5. Sounds 👌 Ppl always complaining about the bass but that’s what I love about them so much. My downstairs neighbors not so much 🤷🏽‍♂️ They added a Bass Reducer tho

Argos in the UK still have stock of the original HomePod 😉

I have a HomePod, the big one… I just wanted a speaker with good sound… and apple ecosystem integration …………… and it’s a great speaker

It is so crazy that they discontinue this unit! I COULD NOT BUY ONE EVEN IF I WANT TO!!!

They still sold 209,400,000 dollars of the homepod is the first quarter compared to the 217,000,000 million dollars from the home pod mini. Yes, they made more with the homepod mini but not by a lot when you are looking at how much they made.

People who want to buy premium speaker system don't go for mono speaker system like this, when they can also afford decent bookshelf speaker system. I personally own a Echo mini that's hooked up to edifier speaker with 3.5mm. I switch the source back to PC when listening to music, but in other times I just have it hooked to the echo for convenience.

Apple should have released the minis first. I have the minis and think they're great but now I want more sound. I would now be ready to upgrade to something better.

I would still buy a HomePod today, they better make one again at least for the people who wanna spend more for the amazing music

I'm glad I got mine before they discontinued it. There's no way those little ones, even two of them, could match the output of the HomePod.

HomePod Minis on sale now at Costco for $79.

I have both, and am disappointed with Mini. It is not "good enough" sound quality by far. I am looking on the used market to get another original HomePod, with the understanding that Apple will stop support at some point.

I got it for 200$. Totally worth the money, just regret not buying two.

I feel left high and dry after putting over $2,000 worth of HomePods in my home. When it was discontinued, it really made me realize that in just a few my investment would be reduced to outdated tech without a path for refresh. Made me realize the importance of investing in simpler, higher quality, longer lasting platforms instead of a smart speaker with limited life due to the ever continuing refresh cycle of smart hardware.

there Will be HomePod Max with A11 for 350$ with Better Sound for Software and Speakers. it good Marketing Tim. it will Sell Well. also more for the Mini.

For the first time, Apple developed a product that was truly years ahead of its' time. At the time of the HomePod creation, streaming Lossless HiRes music content and Dolby Atmos streaming video sound wasn't even on the horizon... and now, I have a voice-activate dual speaker system connected to my Apple TV 4K, that I can also stream every Apple device I have into them! PLUS they're a hub for my HomeKit accessories. And the best news...? My pair of HomePods was gifted to me by a user who had no idea of their full capabilities!

All I can say is that the original HomePod is outstanding. I have a pair that I use with Apple TV. I have a HomePod mini by my bed for going to sleep. It’s the quality, Apple makes the best looking, best quality product. Compare the new Apple TV Siri Remote to a Fire Stick remote sometime.

When I walked in the Apple Store I just saw a HomePod lol 😂

Nice keynote animations

Sometimes less is more!

home pod revenue: $210M home pod mini revenue: $218M …but one was a failure and the other a success? That makes no sense!

I just put an offer on two. I need the big sound for my living room. The mini isn’t loud enough.

I personally wouldn’t know which colour to go for

I wish the homepod mini in my country was that cheap, here it is 240$ and it comes with UK charger so buy adaptor separately. I wanted to buy 2 of them but it is really hard to justify the price, because apple products in europe get double taxed.

I have two full-size HomePods and they're all up today and no issue with them although it does take a while for some things to happen when I ask Siri and the original HomePod does kind of like a little bit but it still works and if either of them or both of them break I'll probably get the minis

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I wish Apple would release a competitor to the google nest hubs - I have all Apple tech in my house except for the 5 nest hubs as there is no Apple equivalent and it’s nice to have the digital photo frame and video chats etc on the nest hubs.

Many reasons why it failed. And it was all decisions they chose to make. Their biggest competitor was sonos. 1. Could only use two at a time (sonos can use as many as you want) 2. No subwoofer it was really supposed to replace your home music 3. Would only work with Apple music (from when I bought mine at least) you had to airplay the rest, which sonos can do too 4. Couldn't connect them to your TV or even hook up 5.1 5. No sound bar It just doesn't make sense what they were trying to do. Either go after the high end speaker market or don't. Don't sell a speaker that costs more than sonos but does less and sounds the same. In the end they didn't want to compete so they gave up and settled with the mini because it's just a speaker and it isn't high end.

As much as I love and own a full-size HomePod, I kind of see the point. When you can buy three smaller speakers for the price of one large one, which are you picking?

My family has the original homePod, and I think it looks so much better than the Mini, the screen on the original is smooth and connected to the whole thing while the mini is basically a sphere with the top cut off and a screen stuck to it

I feel like for the most part, people want a voice assistant for the functionality of asking things. I barely see people with expensive smart speakers and for a good reason. You can get better speakers in every way if you separate your assistant and speaker. It's a nice concept and I am sure that lots of people are happy with it. But siri and subpar speakers for that price is just meh. At least at release, even Bixby had smarter functionality than Siri.

now its 149$ AUD on the APPLE website gonna buy one if he does a review

Unless you went to the Apple store, other stores did not have a demo unit to show off the rich sound. For the price, who is going to take a chance on an expensive speaker.

I’d rather have a og HomePod vs the mini in my opinion the only reason I don’t is due to price and I’d want to have multiple in my apartment if the HomePod was 150 I’d definitely buy them

I need a homepod Micro or something similar for the rooms where I don’t need a smart speaker but when I want a digital assistant.

Actually if memory serves me right, at WWDC 2017, they aimed to compete with Sonos Play:3. Sonos One and Google Home Max didn’t even exist until October 2017 after HomePod was already announced (but not yet shipping). HomePod was to take on The Play:3 and $99 Alexa. You also left out that $50 price drop from Apple in April 2019 and the frequent $199 sales BestBuy and other retailers had to move inventory. Also worth noting that other smart speakers and Wi-Fi streaming speakers like Sonos could play Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Pandora and more while compatible with iOS and Android. HomePod being limited to Apple Music and iOS devices only surely didn’t help justify $350.

I have the original homepod and somewhat disagree with your analysis, it wasn't the "premium sound doesn't justify it's premium price" issue at all as far as i'm concerned. The quality more than justifies the price, it was the limited ecosystem, homepod has amazing sound but basically can only be used as a speaker for your phone or mac computer or apple tv I.e. if you didn't own at least 2 of these, for some people all 3, it wasn't worth it because it was useless otherwise. And most apple consumers only have 1 apple product, not multiple, usually an iphone or macbook/ipad. Especially when you take into account the duo-pairing and Dolby Atmos sound it would have made for a fantastic home theatre setup, except it only worked if you had apple tv, which itself is a very limited market when compared to the iphone or macs/macbooks. If it had had the possibility to work with regular smart tvs by downloading the apple tv app instead, or even just with smart tvs with integrated homekit or airplay it would have made a world of difference and a more attractive product. I myself purchased only 1 instead of 2 or more because it's limited usecases didn't justify getting more of them and my tv is a premium LG with integrated homekit, I was not going to buy an apple tv just for the sake of using it for for stereo audio, it should have been integrated into homekit compatibility.