The 7 Reasons Why Apple’s Homepod is The Best Smart Speaker

HomePod is the first truly premium smart speaker from Apple that’s designed and aimed at a more discerning audience. When it was first revealed, one of the main questions that everyone had was – how will it be different from other speakers on the market? The HomePod answers that question with seven key selling points: it’s smarter than any other smart speaker, it sounds great, has access to thousands of streaming services and content apps, can control your music and home entertainment devices like TVs and other AV equipment, has Siri for hands-free voice commands, and finally, you don’t need an Apple phone to use it. In this article we’ll take a look at each of these reasons in more detail so you can make up your own mind about whether or not the HomePod is right for you.

Smart Speaker

The HomePod is the first truly premium smart speaker from Apple that’s designed and aimed at a more discerning audience. When it was first revealed, one of the main questions that everyone had was – how will it be different from other speakers on the market? So let’s start with the basics. The HomePod is not just a Bluetooth speaker. It’s an Apple smart speaker, which means it has connectivity with your Apple devices, such as iPhones or iPads, so it can play music or podcasts, and make calls with Siri, Apple’s voice assistant, to control your music, answer questions, set timers, get news, traffic and weather updates, and control HomeKit-enabled devices. It also has a built-in digital assistant: you can ask for sports results, weather, sports scores, etc. It’s not like Amazon’s Alexa, which can be used to just play music and is designed to talk to other devices like smart lights, devices and other speakers, which means it’s more limited as a smart speaker than HomePod is.

Good Sound Without needing a sound engineer

If you’ve ever used a smart speaker before, you’ll know that getting good sound is one of the biggest challenges. You can buy a cheap device and the sound quality is never going to be good, but with the HomePod, Apple has put the same engineering team that helps design their iPhones and iPads to work on the HomePod, so the sound quality is excellent. The HomePod has been engineered to play music at a higher fidelity than other smart speakers, with a custom7 tweeters and a woofer designed to produce sound using just a fraction of the power of a traditional speaker. This means that you get crystal-clear sound, even at low volumes, without the hiss, distortion or annoying hum that you get with cheaper speakers.

Siri for Hands-Free Commands

Siri lets you control your music, get answers to questions, set timers, and control HomeKit-enabled devices with just your voice. It’s a great way to make sure you don’t forget to switch tracks, or turn off the lights when you leave the house. Siri is powered by a very powerful digital assistant, allowing it to answer questions, set up reminders and perform other tasks beyond music control. Siri works with third-party apps including Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, NPR One, Apple News, and many others, so you can use it to find music to play or podcasts to listen to. Siri can also answer questions, play back music you’ve asked it to, set reminders, create shopping lists, and more.

Thousands of Streaming Apps and Content

You can use the HomePod to stream any music you’ve got on your Apple devices, or any music or podcasts you’ve downloaded from the thousands of streaming apps and services that support it. And you can also play videos from services like YouTube and Hulu. The HomePod can also stream Apple Music, from the cloud-based subscription service that costs $9.99 per month, or $14.99 for a family plan. You can also play songs from your Apple Music library, or play albums in your library. You can also listen to any podcasts you’ve got on your Apple devices, or stream podcasts from services like NPR, or add your own podcasts

Control Everything With Just a Voice Command

The HomePod can make your whole home smarter. When you first set it up, the HomePod will ask you to link up your other smart home devices so it can talk to them. This means you can use the HomePod to turn down your lights when you turn off the switches, play music that’s controlling a TV, or turn on a heater when you’re in the home. The HomePod also has eight microphones that listen out for your voice so it can respond when you ask: “Hey Siri,” “Hey Siri, can you play my music?”; “Hey Siri, turn on the lights in the kitchen.” And with any or all of your voice commands being directed to the HomePod, it makes the whole home smarter.

It’s not just for music fans…

Of course, with the HomePod, Apple is trying to make the device appeal to a much broader audience than just music fans, and it’s easy to see why. While you can use it to play music, or use Siri to control your home devices, the HomePod is also a smart speaker. And it can replace an old-school Bluetooth speaker or wireless speaker to get better sound quality or wireless range from your Wi-Fi network. The HomePod has the same Apple-designed A9 chip that powers your iPhone and iPad, letting it play the same high-quality sound, without the lag or distortion that comes from lesser-quality chips. And it supports Dolby Atmos sound, which gives it even more sound quality.

Conclusion

Apple’s new HomePod Bluetooth speaker is the first truly premium smart speaker from Apple that’s designed and aimed at a more discerning audience. It’s not just a Bluetooth speaker, but it’s also a digital assistant powered by Siri and it can replace an old-school Bluetooth speaker or wireless speaker to get better sound quality or wireless range from your Wi-Fi network. And it can also make your whole home smarter. The HomePod has been engineered to play music at a higher fidelity than other smart speakers. It also has a custom7 tweeters and a woofer designed to produce sound using just a fraction of the power of a traditional speaker. This means that you get crystal-clear sound, even at low volumes, without the hiss, distortion or annoying hum that you get with cheaper speakers. And, it can be linked up with your Apple devices so you can play music, answer questions, set timers, get news, traffic and weather updates, and control HomeKit-enabled devices.