![]() But then a few months later I decided to spring for a Sonos playbar for our TV, and now we're a Sonos household. When HomePod was first announced, I had planned to get one. ![]() I think they should have licensed Siri to other device makers or done what Amazon and Google did and come out with a variety of devices. I'm glad Apple's competing here, but this is just a weird device that seems to only appeal to a small market segment. A cheap Amazon dot on the other hand I'd feel less guilty about not that I have any desire for Alexa. Kitchen devices get damaged easily and I'd hate to have a HomePod near the spaghetti sauce. If you want a kitchen device honestly the Amazon device seems better other than the lack of Siri. If you have a full house a receiver and real speakers makes much more sense. This really seems like a device targeting apartment dwellers. There will always be better audio quality from another set of speakers that costs a bit more and is a bit bigger. I am sure Apple's audio quality will be great, but it can't rely on that alone. And if you want music on your Apple watch, only Apple music fully supports you. Today, Apple would only let me buy two anyway.Īpple's biggest strategic advantage, the more I think about this, is that if you want voice-controlled Apple music, it's the only game in town. It's another annoying platform war and that's a hard fix who've already bought into one platform or another. Hoping for third party podcast support down the road - are you listening Marco? If it sucks, I have 14 days, right? Anyone else have a confession to make? Nope, but I've currently got my audio dollars in Sonos, and moving to HomePod would not only require me to replace that hardware, but Apple's hardware is more expensive per speaker. The Siri functionality is interesting but, in my imagination, is taking a back seat to the sound part. ![]() Mostly because one occasionally hears tales of early delivery. No joy by so I went back to bed - but when I awoke for real 7ish? I chose Space Grey delivered to my doorstep. After losing a debate with myself surrounding fiscal responsibility, my intent to buy a nother bicycle this spring, and the long list of MFT camera glass on my wishlist I found myself setting an alarm for 2am local. I was curious as to whether or not anybody else here jumped on the HomePod bandwagon.
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