That's because Apple's HomeKit insists on HomePod mini being setup by the "owner" of the house. That's the owner as in whoever bothered to set up the Home app first. They have to set it up ...

The Apple HomePod ... smart-home protocol. For most people who favor Siri and HomeKit, these upgrades don’t make it a must-own speaker—the smaller, lower-priced HomePod mini is the better ...

Siri on the HomePod mini can also control smart devices that are compatible with HomeKit, Apple’s smart home platform. HomeKit doesn’t enjoy the wide degree of smart device support that Alexa ...

Unlike Amazon Alexa and Google Home, you won’t find many Apple HomeKit hubs. In fact, you’re largely left deciding between HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K — both of which work incredibly well ...

Launched at £99 / $99 / AU$149, it's also one of the cheapest products that Apple has ever produced ... Right now, control of the HomePod 2 and HomePod Mini is built into the Home app, but you’ll find ...

Connecting your HomePod Mini with an iPhone or iPod gives it the ability to ... build them to suit your needs in your iPhone's Home app, (via Apple). You could, for instance, set a studying ...

cheaper HomePod Mini can do, too — even the ones that may already be in your home. The company quietly added a feature overview to its website, indicating that Apple plans to switch on a latent ...

Both the HomePod Mini and the Echo Dot have their pros and cons, but if we had to pick one everyday home speaker to use, the answer is (literally) pretty clear. Apple’s HomePod speaker came out ...

Apple plans to refresh both the Apple TV and the HomePod mini in 2025 as part of a major push into refreshing its smart home product offerings, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In a report on an ...

the controller of your smart home. If 2024 was the last time we ever heard about a HomePod, I’d be OK with that. But instead, Apple has dressed up a nearly four-year-old mini device in a new ...