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Does anyone have experience with the HomePod mini? Likewise, it’s not clear from Apple’s site wether or not a full size HomePod is required to use HomePod minus as part of a full home audio system
If you want whole home audio, you can just buy the minis. They just operate via Wifi.
1. What is the difference between this and HomePod version 1? Because I'm struggling to see anything different to the original. 2. Does it come with a removable USB C cable or are you stuck with the stupid, permanently attached 1m cable that requires you to buy either power or USB C extension cables rather than just a longer usb c cable if you want to use it anywhere where there's not a socket?
This is the HomePod full size, not the Mini; the power cable is a standard power cable... not a USB-C cable. Differences vs. version 1 that I can see: * Thread Hub capabilities * Ultrawideband chip support, for locating devices * Fewer microphones/speakers compared to v1 * Slightly lighter? Probably from fewer speakers. Notably, the V1 HomePod was discontinued... so not a lot of that matters. You haven't been able to…
Excuse me? Are you trying to find your fat, lost homepod or find other lost devices with the fat homepod?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the HomePod full size, not the Mini; the power cable is a standard power cable... not a USB-C cable. Differences vs. version 1 that I can see: * Thread Hub capabilities * Ultrawideband chip support, for locating devices * Fewer microphones/speakers compared to v1 * Slightly lighter? Probably from fewer speakers. Notably, the V1 HomePod was discontinued... so not a lot of that matters. You haven't been able to…
> Ultrawideband chip support, for locating devices Excuse me? Are you trying to find your fat, lost homepod or find other lost devices with the fat homepod?
1. What is the difference between this and HomePod version 1? Because I'm struggling to see anything different to the original. 2. Does it come with a removable USB C cable or are you stuck with the stupid, permanently attached 1m cable that requires you to buy either power or USB C extension cables rather than just a longer usb c cable if you want to use it anywhere where there's not a socket?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the HomePod full size, not the Mini; the power cable is a standard power cable... not a USB-C cable. Differences vs. version 1 that I can see: * Thread Hub capabilities * Ultrawideband chip support, for locating devices * Fewer microphones/speakers compared to v1 * Slightly lighter? Probably from fewer speakers. Notably, the V1 HomePod was discontinued... so not a lot of that matters. You haven't been able to…
> Ultrawideband chip support, for locating devices Excuse me? Are you trying to find your fat, lost homepod or find other lost devices with the fat homepod?
Agggrrrr so much hate for these devices. I bought a Mini for my oldest kid and now, when I pick up my phone in my downstairs office, hold it near my mouth, and say "hey Siri set an alarm at 7am", the phone briefly shows the Siri vortex and then stops. And I find out at 7am when my sad and confused daughter is startled out of bed that her stupid HomePod upstairs on the opposite side the house picked up what must've be…
Agggrrrr so much hate for these devices. I bought a Mini for my oldest kid and now, when I pick up my phone in my downstairs office, hold it near my mouth, and say "hey Siri set an alarm at 7am", the phone briefly shows the Siri vortex and then stops. And I find out at 7am when my sad and confused daughter is startled out of bed that her stupid HomePod upstairs on the opposite side the house picked up what must've be…
Also not all siri+device combos can do the same things. Our HomePod is not customized so anyone can use it for basic things like playing music but then it can't do personalized tasks like set reminders. Some apps only exist on some devices and a Siri request involving those will fail on other devices.
I've turned off "hey Siri" for most devices and only use it for the HomePods who really need it to be useful. For my phone or watch, I hold down the button and the whisper to the device hoping the HomePod down the hall doesn't hear and start playing something in the living room I only wanted to play in my office.
Hopefully these self-brick less than HomePod 1!
1. What is the difference between this and HomePod version 1? Because I'm struggling to see anything different to the original. 2. Does it come with a removable USB C cable or are you stuck with the stupid, permanently attached 1m cable that requires you to buy either power or USB C extension cables rather than just a longer usb c cable if you want to use it anywhere where there's not a socket?
IIRC the power cable is not permanently attached it's just very strongly attached but removable