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Apple HomePod 2nd Generation

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Post by fassssst »

Temperature and humidity sensor is a nice perk for those of us with acoustic guitars and orchids. Presumably it can be used with Apple Shortcuts to trigger notifications. Might upgrade my first gen HomePod eventually, but it still sounds great.

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Post by t3rabytes »

I love my OG HomePods that I got on close-out at Best Buy, but both of them have given me near constant connection issues over the last few months -- excited to have something to replace them with. I much prefer the appearance of the Big HomePod over the (not-really) equivalent Sonos One.

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Post by shapefrog »

tbh find the full size a bit expensive for my personal needs - more interested in the mini (still overpriced). Certainly makes the mini a more compelling option however if they add more functionality.

"Apple's HomePod mini includes a dormant hidden sensor that can measure temperature and humidity, potentially providing the means to power upcoming features that could arrive in a future software update, according to Bloomberg."

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/22/homepod-mini-temperatur...

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Post by dustedcodes »

In our house we have Google's home speakers and the original Nest cameras and also some new cameras which only work with the Google home app and over the years I could see a gradual decline in reliability, functionality and just in general a decline in the usefulness of those things.

The camera feed is so slow since Google took over Nest, it barely works with the Google home app and keeps cutting out, doesn't load at all or keeps hanging sometimes. When someone rings the door bell then it takes forever to bring up the feed and let me talk to the person by the door. The Nest doorbell has become completely useless in its latest iteration combined with the Google home app. The person is long gone before I get to see who it was, which makes it really annoying and super unreliable to receive parcels when not at home.

I have never tried Alexa + Ring, but speaking to friends they are also getting more frustrated with the Amazon brand.

Is Apple a viable option today? If this stuff works well then it's worth having, but currently I wouldn't go for any smart gadgets and actively refuse anything from Google. I don't think they care about their hardware products. I've seen the same decline with their Pixel series.

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Post by thechao »

andrewbarba wrote: post #3

Worth noting: - We lost two tweeters (7 down to 5) - We lost two mics (6 down to 4) Really curious how the sound compares to the original.

I still don't know why it doesn't come with an equalizer built into Home. Sometimes I want grumbly bass; sometimes I want to understand Bane without subtitles.
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