A collection of 31 posts
The original HomePod in 2018 was not a successful product, but over the last couple years I've noticed two things that really got kick-started with the HomePod that we now see in basically every Apple product. The first thing is speaker quality. The HomePod was all about sound
This was going to be a very long post, but I got bored reading my own post, so I threw it away and here’s the super-short version 🏃♂️ I Replaced My HomePods For the past 4 years I’ve have 2 HomePods next to my TV. They played music, performed
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
The HomePod mini is something I’ve been campaigning for since November 2017, 3 months before the original HomePod was even released. It just seemed obvious to me that if Apple wanted to get a foothold in the smart speaker market, they needed something lower cost to even get people
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
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
I’ve lived with a Sonos One and HomePod in my house for a year and wanted to share an update.
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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