BasicAppleGuy
HomePod Comparison
One is 5 years old, one is 5 hours old…
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Left: 2018 HomePod
Right: 2023 HomePod
Feb 4, 2023 at 8:12pmIvory for iOS
Show threadJackFeb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy amazing how well that white held up.
Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 4, 2023
@jackamick agree! they’ve been well taken care of.
Show threadEnrico Feb 5, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy @jackamick pls tell us the special beauty routine of your HomePod 🙏
Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 6, 2023
@enricofregnan @jackamick Don’t touch the HomePod with dirty hands & regular blasts of compressed air to get rid of any collecting dust.
Show threadJackFeb 6, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy @enricofregnan
Show threadConstantinos Feb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy minor differences between them
Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 4, 2023
@ConstantinosLeo Visually yes, but the responsiveness of the 2023 HomePod is night and day better over the 2018 model.
Show threadConstantinos Feb 4, 2023

@BasicAppleGuy you are right, in all the reviews I read or saw on YouTube they mention it. They’re 5 years apart so it makes sense.

Due to the country I live in, it's hard to find HomePods so I’ll probably end up buying 2 minis in combination with Apple TV.

Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 5, 2023
@ConstantinosLeo sucks how limited the HomePod is… I hope the geographic availability expands
Show threadConstantinos Feb 5, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy it hasn’t to do with availability. In Greece we don’t have official apple stores. We have authorised partners who sell apple products. We can buy the latest iPhones iPads Macs etc but they don’t sell HomePod or mini. We can find only the mini at the moment and specifically in non authorised stores.
Show threadDevon DundeeFeb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy What a lovely pair!
Show threadThatKomputerKat Feb 4, 2023
@devondundee @BasicAppleGuy and yet they can never be a pair.
Show threadpaulFeb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy Cool. How do they sound?
Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 4, 2023
@paulpap exceptional. On par with the original. Siri is super responsive which is a huge QOL improvement.
Show threadJoFeb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy Too bad you can not pair them
Show threadAaron GrebnerFeb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy I'm hoping to get a pair of them relatively soon.
Show threadPaweł Piskorek Feb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy The new one is a little bit smaller, isn’t it? Or is this only an optical impression?
Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 4, 2023
@ppiskorek .2 inches shorter.
Show threadVidit BhargavaFeb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy Really curious about how your'e keeping them so clean!
Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 4, 2023
@Viditb Regular housecleaning & dusting in addition to using compressed air to blow off dust at least twice a month.
Show threadChad SchaeferFeb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy Picked up mine yesterday. Notice a difference in sound between the two?
Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 4, 2023
@chadstur Sound very similar - which is to say they both sound really good.
Show threadjprestonianFeb 4, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy
Less dust in the new grill cloth.
Show threadjrnFeb 5, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy I bought a new pair as well and love them so far.
Show threadMark HortonFeb 5, 2023
@BasicAppleGuy no idea how you have kept them that clean. Surely you can’t have kids or pets in the house.
Show threadBasicAppleGuyFeb 6, 2023
@mhaapl I got my pup, but they don’t get handled at all - it’s all voice commands.