Top 10 Everyday HomePod Mini Uses! Why You Need One
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 5. 06. 2024
- If you are Getting Started with Apple's HomePod mini, HomeKit or Siri. They are capable of a lot more than you may think. I want to show you how to do more. I put together a list of 10 HomePod mini Everyday uses to give you some ideas. You can take incoming calls, send messages, play music, control your smart home, use intercom, add reminders or calendar events and much more.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 1. Timers & Alarms
02:10 Benefits of HomePod Mini's
02:50 2. Calendars
03:30 3. Reminders
04:11 4. Messages
05:40 5. Intercom
06:33 6. Music & Podcast
08:13 7. Pair Mini with Apple TV
08:49 8. Calling
09:46 9. Handoff
10:29 10. Smart Home Control
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Hey Craig! Question: (Thank you so much! I find your reviews information and enjoy your energy in them!) I'm thinking of converting my home to HomeKit, but learned that I would have to completely buy a new house thermostat. Do you know if there is a HomeKit house thermostat that 1- WON'T auto-lower when I leave, and 2- that I can still control while NOT on my wifi? I change my thermostat from my phone right now before I get home if I'm gone for more hours than expected, or for more extreme weather than expected while I'm traveling. Your expertise may save me HOURS of research!!! Hope you can help! Thank you in advance.
That delay when u asked about meditation timer would make me throw Siri out of the window.
sounds like you need to meditate đ
@@JonahhChavarria nah he right. Siri is slower than politics in exercising the will of our commands.
Hilarious đcommentđ
Same. My google home does the same đ
I agree
Couldnât find a need to purchase a HomePod miniâŠuntil this video! Great video and thank you for not editing the response time for Siri. Those things matter and shows that your reviews and tips are authentic. Great job đ
Thank you for bleeping out the Siriâs so my own Siri doesnât activate every time đ
Iâd like to see if they can improve on the delay when you give the HomePod mini a command, there seems to be a very long pause sometimes
I just checked my phone because I thought it would be faster, but not really
also experienced that bad internet connection will delay Siri as well...
but all in all, Siri is still bad, no follow up questions etc........
But I do like your video and the additional information what's possible , thank you
@@DANERNI PPP Pvt up
I find that the delay is contingent on Wi-Fi strength to the HomePod mini.
Apple has appeared to fall far behind in the personal assistant space. Itâs bizarre how itâs been this long and weâve gotten barely any improvements. When will we get an official Siri 2.0? Technically they never announced she wasnât beta anymore.
Yes, using my iPhone directly or CarPlay is MUCH faster
Just bought my girl one for Valentineâs Day she loves it!!!
whatâs up craig iâm looking at your video because i actually order the homepod mini looking forward to these features and especially Stereo for Music
I have 2 original large Homepods in stereo which I love and they have gotten better with each upgrade--I use timers, use REminders and add to lists, call or message, music of course. I never touch the HOmepods. I wanted one in the BR to listen to radio :(CNN and MSNBC) or music (may tell Homepods to play everywhere) when I'm in there or near--so bought a Mini awhile ago. I had an Echo Dot in there--really disliked it--so the Mini was just right. Have considered adding another that will be more of a floater (I have done that with the BR--moved to LR and onto covered porch). Oh, do use Mini for music until sleeping also--tell it to set a sleep timer. I rarely ask them to answer questions--find I get better info from using Ipad or Mac. or phone.
Just bought my first Home pod mini in blue đđ»ââïž .
Sold. Only took this one video. Thank u. Now, just gotta figure out how many we âneedâ. :)
I like what Apple is doing here. I just feel that they arenât pouring as much recourses in as they are on their other things like iPhones, iPad, etc. Also, I feel that the person they picked for director of Apple Home is not doing his job compared to those for other Apple products, and it shows through. They have so so so so so much potential. The hardware is there, the software is there but needs to be overhauled.
Fr. Cause a cord??????
Donât you have to have the specific and limited smart devices that apple HomeKit lists? Iâm confused about this. Iâm using google home right now with all sorts of generic smart bulbs and a thermostat and smart plugs and whatnot. None of those devices are on the like 20 item list of things I can use with apple home kit. They all connect to google. Will getting a mini change this? And/or can I connect it through google home?
Got 2 blue HomePod minis and I love them!
Yes, planning on buying. I wish it was close by to go and see in person.
This was very informative! I was contemplating getting one but wanted to know what exactly Iâm buying. Thanks!
Thank you very much. Glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching.
Craig, Another excellent video. How do you get intercom to go to phones and AirPods? Tried and it didnât work. Maybe Iâm missing a setting ? Hope they make Siri respond faster ! Have a great weekend!
I got my parents some HomePod minis for Christmas. But theyâll never see this comment so my secret is safe đđ€«
I know your parents and i am going to spoil it đ
That is a great gift. I hope my kids buy me cool tech gifts when I get older. Hope they enjoy it.
I am telling your parents.
Already sent this to them.
Me too
I am so excited I just ordered ny first one
2 OG HomePods sound amazingly wonderfulâŠ. probably too much for apartments or bedrooms⊠if other people are home đ The miniâs are wonderful additionâŠ. also⊠Thread would have been nice if added to the OGâs, but it definitely adds zip to the experience with minis and Nanoleaf lights!
Great video, I learned a lot. Thanks.
Thinking about buying Homepod mini(s) and Apple TV. I'm using sound bar on Sony TV. Can I continue to use sound bar and not use sound from mini? Or can I add mini and use with sound bar speakers? Will a home pod in the same room as TV interact or interfere with soundbar or vise versa? What type of exterior/interior cameras do you recommend? What is reason for Siri response being slow as per some of these posts? Appreciate your recommendations and input from your viewers. Thanks
Cool! Just picked up my first Mini. Thanks for sharing!
Very cool. Hope you enjoy it.
Craig, are these good for phone calls? I would like to get one for my elderly mother so she can hear phone calls better. Is it easy to transfer phone calls onto the speaker, how does that work? What do you think? Thanks
Planning on buying one
Hey Craig I got a question can you use the HomePod like alexa. I use it to detect when I walk into a room to turn the lights on and when I leave to initiate guard mode, is there anything similar on the HomePods?
Is there any way to make shopping lists and add items by audio to it?
You sir are going to make me a fully Apple household at this rate!
For helping you join the right side, I expect a big thank you and a hug if I see you in person. For now, I will just say you are welcome Gareth. đđ
@@CraigsTechTalk I think your conversion of me is my reward for the Echo Auto I bought you........& you no longer use đą
That is awesome Gareth. I still use it. It just doesnât live in my car. I do hope you enjoy the Apple world, especially after getting your daughter a new phone. She should be a good test for you. I get it now, you get to have her be the beta tester for your own phone.
Siri is painfully slow. I noticed that many improvements were bestowed upon Alexa. Speed and accuracy among them. We never had, "wait a sec" coming from Miss A.
Good video though Craig. Always informative. Thanks.
My iPhone only tells me "Just a sec" when I have a painfully slow data connection while out and about. While on wifi, I never have this issue. Could it be that he doesn't have a fast wifi connection? Or is the homepod mini just that slow?
@@jblas82 Iâve never had an issue with my HomePod being this painfully slow, typically it may say âone secâ when I request to turn on lights but the light come on while she says it(not after). It could just me an internet issue.
Hello John and Armando, this has been happening more since the latest update. Internet is very strong. I have seen a few others say that have seen more of it. But like you said, I have heard the âone secâ and the scene has already run.
I donât edit feature demo speed so the good and bad shows. With some of these you get the slow ones. One thing I do wonder is if any of it has to do with not using a feature regularly. With the combination of voice match and personal request, does it add anything to a lesser used features. Thanks for watching.
I use HomePod and Siri very regularly all throughout the day/night and rarely have anything but instant replys.
Alexa has also become fairly stable too.
What I have experienced is if a specific Siri module is unavailable , such as timers, there will be the âjust a secâ response (while other requests are immediate) but Siri speed has certainly been increasing since Apple localized the service rather than entirely based on server-side services.
Thank Jua for sharing your experience. That is good to hear another hands on use other than me.
Thanks Craig. đđ»
Very good product, Invest in it and you will do very well.
Just ordered one white canât wait thanks
I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for checking out the video.
I've got Amazon Alexa. Would it make a difference if I get this homepod? Or will it be roughly the same
Iâm planing on getting one
Hi, please tell me one thing, if i download some music in my iPhone ( from any source in internet) , and save it in my phone..can i play it with HomePod mini, just like i play it in my bluetooth speaker ?
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Hi I bought two HomePod mini in February 22. Set up both on iPhone 13 (iso 15.5). Everything worked fine, but last week one of HomePod stop speakers. Then, I reset factory but canât (Re)set up, messages said (âSetup Failed (-6753)â). I did everything: iOS downgrade to 15.4.1 the same of HomePod mini. restore HomePod mini to factory using touch red lights, through iPhone n MacBook Pro. But I canât set up. HOW FIX IT AND SET UP?
I use the homepod mini to control my apple tv hands free (play, pause, start over, etc). You still have to use the Apple TV remote to search and play something new, but it also has voice control, so đ€·đ»ââïž
Yes I am about to get a HomePod Mimiâs in July
Very cool Ashley. I hope you enjoy it.
I have been trying to figure out how to set up the automation for when an alarm goes off on my HomePod⊠you mention the tip at 1:58, but I canât seem to find it under automation inside HomeKit or Shortcuts on my iPhone.
Sound wise, would you say the apple home pod mini was better than the Amazon echo plus. Thanks
Much better
How have you setup theâcoffee machine pressâ? Could you share what tech youâve used for it?
i think it would be awesome if apple ties up with Sony for smart tv.
The attention to detail in this video where you have beeped âhey siriâ is appreciated as it otherwise would have woke my siri.
Thank you very much. I try not to drive you all crazy triggering your devices. I appreciate your comment and you watching.
Currently using 6 miniâs in the house. Just added 2 orange miniâs to supplement my home theater
Very cool. I like the orange stereo pair idea.
Can 6 minis play the same music together? I wonder bcause i need this than harman kardon for my FNB business
This video is two years old and I'm only watching it for the first time and REALLY hope the response time is better by now cause I just ordered one đđ
I really hope you enjoy yours and it performs well for you. Thanks for watching.
great video thank you so much for doing this.
Thank you very much. I appreciate you watching it.
I'm surprised by the delay here. I use siri often on my watch, phone and via carplay and I usually don't have this kind of delay. Did you have a bad wifi connection or something or is this specific to the homepod?
itâs specific to the homepod, all my minis do this, theyâre on super fast 5ghz wifi, but theyâre still pretty stuttery :(
It depends on what kind of day Appleâs horrible servers are having. Some days my HomePods work fine, other days they are super slow.
Can you use them as external speakers for a MacBook?
I ordered one in the blue color! đ
Wow! This was expansive and a welcome addition to my understanding of HomePodsâ usefulness!!
Have you figured out how to make Homepod a good enough alarm clock to replace Echo Dot alarms? Seems like I cannot snooze unless I use the alarm sound... and if I use the alarm sound, I cannot lower the volume of the tone? Also the wifi dependency... give me some ideas... would like to split from Echo devices.
All I can think of is using iPhone for alarms, but then there is no voice snooze which has been really nice on Echo devices.
I am planning to buy a apple HomePod mini as itâs easy to connect with the Apple iPhone and it means I can have my light turn on while I am out for security and it can turn on/off when I am leaving/coming hole
That is great. It is nice to do location based automations. I have my camera change from streaming and recording to just streaming or off if my wife or I are detected at home.
All I have is a IMAC 27in...will this work with it? I have no IPhone
Most reviewers miss a key aspect of the mini. First and foremost it is a music speaker- an excellent one. It is not how loud it is- but the quality of the sound. This is a byproduct of excellent design and advanced technology. It can function as very good TV speaker when used as a stereo pair.
But beyond this, as part of the Apple ecosystem, it helps make music more accessible.
As for its home automation capabilities- these are fine. But its musicality is what makes it a superb choice .
Spotify also now works with HomePod I am pretty sure
Good informative videođđ
I am planning to buy two blue home pod miniâs
How do you connect all of those things ? đthatâs insane ! I just bought one today Iâm picking it up later on Iâm super excited
Very cool. I hope you have been enjoying your HomePod. As for how to hook up everything, just buy stuff. All of it is so good at walking you through setup. People can't use this stuff if it wasn't. As for the rest, it's nice how it connects to so many Apple apps.
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Amazing!
hey đ. a quick question do the HomePod use two languages? ma girlfriend is a german I speak english we donât know how to set the HomePod to speak two languages will be great if you would help use out with you tips have watch most of videos great!đ
i wonder, can you control homepod minis while you outside the house?
My biggest question here. Outside of better sound as a speaker why wouldnât you do any of this on your phone which most people carry around with them at all times
For me personally when I get home i leave my phone in my sleeping room along with my apple watch. The Homepod is in my work/lounge room and comes in handy for certain things.
Question! How did you add the actions and get your mini to do things without having to ask it to do all of it? Thank you!
All the scenes and automations I write are within the home app. Under automations you can use sensors, voice, time and a couple of other options to trigger an automation. Those automations in the home app give you control over your different devices. If automations canât cover it, shortcuts may cover it. But most of my stuff is done in automations.
Craig, How did you get your curtains to automatically open at a certain time? What device did you use and was it HomeKit compatible?
Iâm sure you can look it up. And it would have to be HomeKit compatible. Just look up âautomatic curtain opener for Apple HomeKitâ
im planing to get one
home pod
i wanna buy one of them but iâm not sure about sound quality
Ok 1:58 that's pretty sophisticated
Great review!!!!!
Thank you for checking out this video too. Have a great day.
Can this be used with android and windows laptops?
Plan on buying one
Very cool. Thanks for watching Jon.
Thinking about getting one
HomePod mini is great. Thanks for watching.
Great tips. Are you able to link two Apple accounts to one speaker? Would like to have my wife have access to her stuff also.
You can invite someone to be part of your home. I have my wife under her email from her iCloud account. Once they are part of the home, then things like music and other items will use their services.
I've noticed Siri has been saying "one moment" "just a sec" more then usual lately. Especially on my homepod mini's
*more than
yup, itâs been pretty slow and stuttery lately
Yeah, it had been annoying. I would love to cut that stuff out. But it has been happening. Thanks for watching.
Hi guys. Not an expert whatsoever, but this has a lot to do with your internetconnection. Or the homepod needs to be updated. Havenât had any problems with any of my homepods đ
Itâs a fail
Whatâs the difference between a mini HomePod and a full sized HomePod? Do you need the full-size one then get the minis after to extend range etc?
They are separate, not even sure they do the big ones anymore
hello , do you know how to set Siris volume separate from the audio ex: low music to sleep and I ask siri the time and she response at that low level sound and can not understand her that low, did I make sense lol thank you for your time sir
I LOVE MY HOMEPODS I DONT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM
Hi, finale got my set. Apple decided not to see them in Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg. So were stuck with a English Siri :-) And NO help from them :-(
I have a problem with Siri, she/he speaks so soft that I nearly have tp put my ear on the speakers yo hear her/him. When I put the sound up, only the music will go louder, not Siri? You happend to know how I get the volume of the Siri voice higher? Would be grateful :-)
Just bought a pair to go with my Apple TV 4K so that I can use them as the default speakers through eARC for all devices connected to my TV
Very cool. Enjoy your new HomePod minis.
The minis canât be set as deduct on Apple TV bit can connect very fast with airplay 2 Iâm thinking of getting a second AirPod to do this
This video is making my homepods go bananas lol
My current iPhone that's with me just about 100% of the time can do 95% of everything (HomeKit, Siri, reminders, making calls, playing music, etc) mentioned. I'm still trying to figure out the purpose of this speaker besides the actual speaker part. I'm not trying to be a smart ass just the fact that it seems very redundant to have 2 devices that pretty much do the same thing. Also Siri voice won't work with other streaming music subscriptions on the HomePod but will on the iPhone. I believe that's a deal breaker to only support Apple Music when it can be done on the iPhone.
Can 5 homepod minis play the same music together?
So, all the things that Apple said these can do? đđŒ
Has anyone used it for business calls with their mac?
How do I get to those settings at 2:27?
Would I be able to pair my Aftershokz Aeropex bone conduction head phone with the HomePod Mini due to my SSD (single side hearing Lost) . Happy new year from Canada.
Unfortunately you are not able to pair or play any other devices with the HomePods. There is no way to pair Bluetooth speakers like with Amazon Echos.
Thank you very much Graig for the quick reply and to give me advice on other system.
Can someone that donât have access to my phone ask questions from home pod mini to get information
I like them for slow, acoustic songs but other genre songs itâs not great, but I perfer them over Klipsch.
I've got one and I don't see what it gives me over my iPhone which I have with me most of the time. A solution looking for a problem...
I have one of those
Great video! Does the HomePod allow for automations to run automatically?
I just set up a few lighting automations on iOS shortcuts.. but rather than running seamlessly on their own, I receive a notification on my phone asking if Iâd like to run each automation. Is there any way I can fix this without an apple hub?
In the shortcuts app change it from âask before runningâ to ârun automaticallyâ
@@justinriley7325 I have turned off âask before runningâ, but continue to be asked anyways⊠maybe Iâll try restarting my phone to see if that makes a difference, but Iâm pretty sure this isnât working for me
I believe here are certain devices or shortcut options that canât run without confirming. I feel like I had a shortcut a while back that there was one shortcuts I could not get to run.
If it works for you, make a personal automation that tells a shortcut to run. You donât have to confirm automations.
@@CraigsTechTalk I figured I could just copy and paste the info as well!
Enable an automation to run without asking:
Some personal automations can run without asking you for confirmation when theyâre triggered.
In the Shortcuts app on your iOS or iPadOS device, tap Automation .
Tap the automation you want to run automatically.
Turn off Ask Before Running.
Tap Done.
The automation will not notify you when itâs triggered.
The following automations can be run automatically:
Time of Day
Alarm
Sleep
CarPlay
Apple Watch Workout
NFC
App
Airplane Mode
Do Not Disturb
Low Power Mode
Battery Level
Charger
Note: You also may need to set individual actions to run automatically.
The following automations cannot be run automatically:
Arrive
Leave
Before I Commute
Email
Message
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Can you show how to play Spotify on home pod mini
I just got one to day
How the heck does the intercom work? I tried to test it but only plays off the mini I got.
Holy smokes, Siri is slow as heck. She seems to have good days and bad days (I have 9 HomePods myself) Siri has gotten terrible since iOS 15.
I know what you mean. I donât trim the demos itâs shows the good and bad. unfortunately, like you I have seen some recent slowdowns. thanks for watching and sharing your experience.
Can the Home Pod work only with IPHONE? I have a Google Pixel phone but I do have an IPAD.
You can set it up and manage it through an iPad. I have a video on getting started with HomeKit and use the iPad for setup. czcams.com/video/8ydYRxahGps/video.html
Why can't i control the music volume on the lock screen on my iphone like other devices while on airplay? đ
Can you do one on video calling with FaceTime and Apple TV? I'm interested in how it would work for an elderly relative who has trouble using an iPad for Facetime.
The Apple TV doesnât have a webcam so no, but you can just tell Siri to FaceTime someone on your iPad.
whatâs up frank
Whatâs up frank
@@reece3134 I hoping that Apple had added support for a FaceTime USB camera on Apple TV as Amazon has done with their Fire TV Cube and Alexa video calling
@@faengelm they should in a future update tbh
I am useing a homepod mini
I got a HomePod for a Xmas present. The sound quality is terrible - too much base and Iâm buggered if I can find an equaliser function to fix the audio output.
Make a deep space black, make all the tops black, make the cords and block match the speaker color, I would pay $300 for this little beast. The Bass is surreal. đ