Awesome Tips HomePod Mini: 10 BIG things that get overlooked
HomePod mini shipped a few weeks ago, but there are some major points that often get overlooked. I’ll mention some good and bad things you need to know before buying a HomePod mini. Plus I will review the sound quality and explain if you should replace your Echo Dots.
HomePod mini shipped a few weeks ago, but there are some major points that often get overlooked. I’ll mention some good and bad things you need to know before buying a HomePod mini. Plus I will review the sound quality and explain if you should replace your Echo Dots.
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Design
1:02 Handoff & U1 Chip
1:40 Automations
2:12 Sound Quality & Comparison
3:26 Missing Controls
3:50 Privacy
4:21 Thread
5:52 Devices with Thread
6:53 Homekit
7:43 Siri
8:50 Should you buy it?
10:26 Nooooo!
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Does the speed of the HomePod mini and Homekit make you want to switch? Or is it giving up too many features that Google and Amazon have?
I have Alexa and it’s just dumber than siri in my experience. I’ve asked it to play specific genres or songs before and it always plays the wrong thing. If it works fine it tries to upsell me every chance it gets
you forgot the nest audio at $99 now often on sale for $79 better audio and better automation. might as well by two and just stomp this thing
8:05 just say 60 lol
One thing apple isn’t doing well is allowing certain bulbs or plugs to be accessible via HomePod.
The Wi-Fi bulbs will disconnect from HomePod. You will than have to reconnect using the manufacturer software.
I have a Bose revolve 3 so I didn’t buy the home pod mini for music. I got it for emergencies.
To put into perspective what’s wrong with apple’s home. You can purchase a smart plug.
It should automatically get an IP address after you go into the software and set the Wi-Fi password in it. It doesn’t exactly do that. Sometimes you have to reboot the router by unplugging it. If you choose Bluetooth bulbs. Buy 1 Bluetooth extender for every room you’re going to place the items in.
2. You should be able to see and reset the ip settings via the HomePod mini.
I use Alexa a lot for reminders. I have tried to do this with HomePod and found it not work or not announce the reminder
Thanks for the Thread explanation. Regarding 8:04, how about asking Siri to set the volume to six…ty? 😀
3:35
Guess what: if your radio or tv aren’t turned on you also cannot control the volume 🙄
Yeah you literally have to use force to Knock the HomePod mini over.
For the HomePod mini small command strips to hold it down on the table
1:11 I have the SE too and was trying to find a video covering that. Thank you so much!
The only smart speaker I will allow in my home because of the privacy. That’s why I never bought a smart speaker until now.
I was interested in the HomePod, but now I’m considering switching over my interests towards Amazon/google for comparability. Thank you for the vid, 10/10 I love how well put together & organized it is 🤙🏽
Echo advocate. Gross
If you update your HomePod mini Os 14.7 and it should fix this feature I found out that when I ask her about an electrical conductor she messes up and says the word more like six times and then I updated my HomePod mini to Os 14.7 and it got rid of that she doesn’t do that anymore it only did before 14.7 and then there was a bug fix update 14.7.1 and I got that in the US and it fixed it
It’s funny that this thing is actually in the kids room because if you think about it he said it only uses the U one check which no iPod touch has right now maybe that’s why the new iPod touch that’s getting released in 2021 if it gets released kids can finally buy it and usually HomePod minis I just find it really funny that it’s in the kids around one in general you need it you want chip to use it and you can’t use it with an iPod touch which is mostly what the kids will have unless they have an iPhone SE 2016 or something but even then I don’t think he would’ve given his kids a iPhone they’re way too youngKids shouldn’t have a phone until there at least 16 years old
Apple Thread technology reminds me of Sony’s Cell technology they were planning on using years ago outside of gaming.
Handoff works with my iPhone 6s. It’s slow, but it works.
The echo could never hear me, the ring often indicated the wrong direction, you couldn’t adjust the bass enough, it was awful. I got rid of it and all my other Amazon speakers and displays for HomePod minis and could not be happier.
You Forgot to Mention the Cost of Thread*
If you set the sound to 6 and it sets to 6%, surely setting to 60 would give you 60% or 50 to half volume etc.
My name is Reed too lol
"The kids are the animals" I died :)))
You have the best videos in automation by far. Would you consider this problem to solve? I’d like to have a way with homekit to cycle through say 6 different playlists to airplay to AppleTV or other airplay2 device. Preferably a home automation or shortcut so it is not dependent on a iOS or iPadOS device. I have a Hue tap and homekit only sees it as 4 buttons which is fewer than i want or expected. HomeKit does not let you program long press is in press and hold on the tap. If it did that would give me like 12 functions. Absent that I would love it if I could click a button on the tap and have it go to another playlist tap it again he had another and eventually cycle back through to my first playlist. The idea is to have a easy way for people by the pool to change music through a finite number of curated playlists.