cwoody

I hate it. I still constantly click the camera and launch the camera, then have to exit out of it, take a second to realize “oh yeah, they moved it to the app section for some stupid reason” then click through. All well getting upset that I have to do that because it’s completely pointless. 

lkrupp said:

cwoody said:

What did they expect? They made a super niche speaker that’s super pricey and not at all portable or really compatible outside of apples ecosystem. Like I’ve never had the urge to buy a Sonos speaker, because I’ve always had an actual home entertainment system at home. And between Siri being half baked and having lots of inadequacies and HomeKit still feels like a beta, it’s not really worth it from a smart speaker perspective either. You basically need an iOS device to use it... which you can literally use for all of the hey Siri commands on their own. So you’re basically limiting it to someone who wants a very limited stationary speaker with good sound quality and who want to pay a premium for it. I can’t think of a single use for a HomePod in my house and I’m sure a lot of others feel exactly the same way.

Nice troll.

Lol not a troll. Man you guys are stupid. My whole life is Apple and they release 1 piece of hardware I’m critical of and you guys get all sad lol Sorry for speaking my mind of why I’m critical of this piece of hardware and how I feel Apple could improve it (fix Siri and HomeKit)

What did they expect? They made a super niche speaker that’s super pricey and not at all portable or really compatible outside of apples ecosystem. Like I’ve never had the urge to buy a Sonos speaker, because I’ve always had an actual home entertainment system at home. And between Siri being half baked and having lots of inadequacies and HomeKit still feels like a beta, it’s not really worth it from a smart speaker perspective either. You basically need an iOS device to use it... which you can literally use for all of the hey Siri commands on their own. So you’re basically limiting it to someone who wants a very limited stationary speaker with good sound quality and who want to pay a premium for it. I can’t think of a single use for a HomePod in my house and I’m sure a lot of others feel exactly the same way.

jcs2305 said:

cwoody said:

What did they expect? They made a super niche speaker that’s super pricey and not at all portable or really compatible outside of apples ecosystem. Like I’ve never had the urge to buy a Sonos speaker, because I’ve always had an actual home entertainment system at home. And between Siri being half baked and having lots of inadequacies and HomeKit still feels like a beta, it’s not really worth it from a smart speaker perspective either. You basically need an iOS device to use it... which you can literally use for all of the hey Siri commands on their own. So you’re basically limiting it to someone who wants a very limited stationary speaker with good sound quality and who want to pay a premium for it. I can’t think of a single use for a HomePod in my house and I’m sure a lot of others feel exactly the same way.

What I expect is the continuing influx of single post trolls talking S*** about a speaker they don't own, and continually quote incorrect info or compare it to a HT setup. There are many places in the home or office that just aren't suitable for a freakin home entertainment system my god the idiocy is just too much.

You’re pathetic, I’m all Apple in my life (MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, iPhone X, Apple Watch 3, Multiple Apple tv’s, etc with lots of HomeKit stuff). And just because I’m critical of how bad Siri actually is and home much HomeKit leaves to be desired, I’m not allowed to be critical of 1 of their items. You’re pathetic for not wanting to admit that until the HomePod gets some software updates it’s missing its mark. Like I said, for me I have zero places I would place a Sonos speaker in my home, so I’m not buying it for it’s speaker capabilities and I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay 3x the amount of competitors for it as a smart speaker when Siri is still as bad as it is. I use Siri every day usually while I’m driving and it’s just not very good at tasks you’d think it should be able to handle. I get that Apple can fix that in a firmware update, but currently it fails my needs for a speaker and it fails my needs as a smart assistant. My house is littered with iPads and iPhones and my wrist always has my Apple Watch if I really need Siri, but I don’t find it works that well and it’s frustrating when you ask it for something you’d expect it to be able to handle and it just can’t. Sorry I never made an account before today to comment (thus making me a troll apparently), but I can assure you that I’ve been reading Apple insider since about the iPhone 4 days.