Apple HomePod mini
The best small speaker for Apple households — rich sound and tight Siri and HomeKit ties
Key characteristics
Highlights
- ✓ 360-degree sound that belies its size
- ✓ Siri with deep HomeKit integration
- ✓ Handoff from iPhone with a tap
- ✓ Stereo pairing for bigger sound
Our take
For iPhone owners the HomePod mini is the obvious small speaker: great sound for the size, seamless Handoff and the best HomeKit control. Outside Apple's world, though, it makes far less sense.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- + Impressive, room-filling audio for its size
- + Tight iPhone and HomeKit integration
- + Elegant, compact design
- + Great stereo pair option
Cons
- − Only useful inside Apple's ecosystem
- − Siri trails Alexa on skills
- − No 3.5mm or line-in
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