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The entry-level smart speakers from Apple, Amazon and Google each make for a good smart home starting point. We pit them head to head to head to find out which one is the best for your household. We compare sound quality, smart home capabilities, general knowledge, extras and value. The hardware is important, but you’re…
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Juan Mm
November 25, 2020 at 5:22 pm
Apple 🍎 is dumb but sounds good 👌
trayNTP
November 25, 2020 at 5:26 pm
Siri is an idiot.
alex torchia
November 25, 2020 at 5:41 pm
homepod mini definitely wins by sound quality
bksst
November 26, 2020 at 12:29 am
100 vs 30 in price. Why didn’t they compare to 100
alex torchia
November 26, 2020 at 12:31 am
@bksst ikr
jarot97
November 25, 2020 at 5:48 pm
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Ethan Turner
November 25, 2020 at 6:02 pm
I’m surprised by the questions test. I have a HomePod mini, and I don’t feel like Siri is that dumb.
roguegeek
November 25, 2020 at 8:56 pm
You must have not used Alexa and Google then. It’s not even a contest. Suri is a very distant third.
Augústo Williams
November 25, 2020 at 10:37 pm
They definitely made Siri dumber than she is here. She’s definitely not the smartest but this video is not very truthful. If you ask Siri how far away the sun is she shows you the results accurately on the iPhone/iPad but describes the sun vocally. Siri is more embedded into an ecosystem than the other two so looking at Siri as a stand alone device is half baked at best. Again, not full depicted in the video.
Ethan Turner
November 25, 2020 at 6:06 pm
So if you ask “how far away is the sun” to Siri, she gives that bad answer. However if you ask “how far apart are the sun and the earth” she gets it right.
theRogue Geisha
November 25, 2020 at 6:13 pm
Apple HomePod Mini!!
TheBoyTee
November 25, 2020 at 6:16 pm
This is so silly. Why does it matter if they’re all “entry level”? If Amazon released a $10 echo, would you still compare it to the the $100 HP mini? The only comparison that makes sense is price
Nomixiu
November 25, 2020 at 9:51 pm
that’s not how it works in the tech industry lol
Bryan Guevara
November 25, 2020 at 6:18 pm
Sound quality and security are the most important for me…. so HomePod.
C V Sunil Kumar
November 25, 2020 at 6:42 pm
Just useless things which companies sell to farm for your private data
Mizanur Bhuiyan
November 25, 2020 at 6:54 pm
The sounding sweetness roots deep over the! deepest
Tango Cash
November 25, 2020 at 7:19 pm
Amazon is the best assistant not bad sound. Those two categories are the most important for me.
Samuel Melendez
November 25, 2020 at 7:28 pm
lmao the homepod mini is literally the Amazon echo dot flipped upside down, lack of innovation and design as always.
Javier H
November 26, 2020 at 12:00 am
speak for yourself for stealing comments from others lol.
Kanwar Anand
November 25, 2020 at 7:40 pm
I have the bose home speaker 500 and the sound quality is so artificial and poor.
Nicholas Coffey
November 25, 2020 at 8:16 pm
I have no idea what Apple’s thinking at that price point. Just… No…
Ciprian Georgiu
November 25, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Apple mini is so stupid, it hurts. And that is coming from an iPhone user.
George h
November 25, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Haha, why don’t they do the “sound tests” with frequency equipment?? I’m sitting here listening to the music play through the speaker on my iPad!…I can’t hear what the actual speakers sound like!
90s Something
November 25, 2020 at 8:53 pm
I like how siri tries to dodge the question about distance between sun and earth.. Classic textbook move 🙂
JR Richards
November 25, 2020 at 9:16 pm
Whoosba hair style.
Elvin O
November 25, 2020 at 9:37 pm
Echo dot all day for 100 you can buy two echo’s so you can set them up to fill a room!Google really need to step up their game Apple is not even in the smartphone race!
Craig Berkowitz
November 25, 2020 at 9:45 pm
8:08 What is the average weight of an apple?
HomePod mini: (whispers under his breath) *how dare you ask me that*
Milkysaurus
November 25, 2020 at 11:33 pm
If im honest, I don’t think i’d ask a smart speaker those things. Unless I’m just used to using Siri but whenever I go to use a smart speaker it’s usually for things “To do” not asking it questions. Like to play music, turn the lights on/off. Whenever I have a question I usually just google it myself.
Errol Jarogon
November 25, 2020 at 11:37 pm
I would choose Google home mini! Google assistant is the best.
datalin1
November 26, 2020 at 12:10 am
Google speakers are trash! Bought two of them and they keep turning off
Liam O'Brien
November 26, 2020 at 12:35 am
Siri is painful…. and I’m an apple Stan
Stephan Levesque
November 26, 2020 at 5:12 am
Sound quality wise, the HomePod Mini crushes these two
AME TV
November 26, 2020 at 7:56 am
According to the dc Apple TV app Batman ninja is a 2020 release even though it’s from 2018 I wonder where this knowledge comes from
Anjir Kased
November 26, 2020 at 8:30 am
Nest audio would have been the better competitor for home mini
Drew Martell
November 26, 2020 at 11:37 am
We have 1 Google Home and 3 Google/Nest Mini’s – one of the mini’s randomly “factory resets” every 2-14 days. Long threads on Googles forums about this, thousands of others with the same problem, and they won’t fix it.
neetu syal
November 26, 2020 at 1:45 pm
Isn’t siri pretty stupid
rudra sarkar
November 26, 2020 at 5:27 pm
still price-wise google beats all
John Armwood
November 26, 2020 at 7:45 pm
Does the Echo Dot still have an Aux port? ” That is an important feature that only the Dot has had in the past.
rabit818
November 26, 2020 at 9:38 pm
Siri needs to read up
The Desi Lifestyle
November 26, 2020 at 10:43 pm
The Big Blue Party blows all of these out of the water.
The Desi Lifestyle
November 26, 2020 at 10:44 pm
Amazon runs everything through mp3gain.
The Desi Lifestyle
November 26, 2020 at 10:54 pm
The last question of the video was the most useful one.
Dean Rau
November 27, 2020 at 1:04 am
I’m gonna have to go with Apple here know the sound quality it’s good and plus I signed my soul to Apple so yeah there’s that
Mecs B
November 27, 2020 at 4:58 am
so $100 is affordable? lol
Tech Guy H-A Golden
December 1, 2020 at 11:36 am
If u can’t afford it get the eco dot it’s 40$ to 50$ max
Justin Phy
November 27, 2020 at 5:25 am
I love my Alexa but have a ton of Apple stuff. The only thing that has me hesitant is that Siri isn’t as knowledgeable as Alexa..
Tanuj Dua
November 27, 2020 at 8:33 am
Well at the moment you can buy 3 Amazon echo dots (without clock) or 5 google home minis on the sales for the price of 1 HomePod mini. Hmm.
Jared Shelton
November 28, 2020 at 4:06 pm
The HomePod has the best sound quality
save400
November 27, 2020 at 9:27 am
You should be comparing speakers in same price category not by speaker size.
teja krish
November 27, 2020 at 9:49 am
Passive radiators make a difference in bass that lacks in both rather than home mini.
Harryplayz
November 27, 2020 at 7:44 pm
Apple won the sound quality
Shiraz Chanawala
November 27, 2020 at 8:24 pm
Apple was the best on sound. The bass was amazing.
Rick Evans
November 27, 2020 at 10:16 pm
I’m going with the HomePod Mini. Siri is definitely not the best, but when it comes to ecosystem and integration with my iPhone I think it does what I need it to do. Very rarely do I ask these assistants these types of questions (at least not yet). It’s usually command questions: turn on/off the lights, add an item to the list, play music etc. Siri does just fine with that. So given the better audio, I think HomePod Mini will do just fine.
Mark Tomeh
November 28, 2020 at 3:29 am
The Nest Audio sounds much better than the Homepod Mini. It sounds cleaner and louder. The Homepod Mini sounds muffled in comparison.
Gabriel Berki
November 28, 2020 at 6:39 pm
cnet’s smart home is so nice
Ace Campbell
November 28, 2020 at 8:28 pm
2 out of 4 is Apple. Winner
aarongeorge007
November 29, 2020 at 3:41 am
How’s HomePod mini a winner at all? For sound maybe (Echo Dot ain’t far behind). But for every other category it’s beat. As always CNET skewed to Apple.
VenoStuff
November 29, 2020 at 7:51 am
Echo/Alexa is my choice, even that she doesn’t support my language.
Edgar Mkhitaryan
November 29, 2020 at 8:39 am
Terrible audio quality
apple m
November 29, 2020 at 5:51 pm
I’m an Apple fan, but HomePod isn’t very smart. “I’ll send the results to your iPhone.” HomePod does have amazing sound quality, especially if you like songs with bass.
Boris Dmello
November 29, 2020 at 6:12 pm
Unfair comparison, the nest audio should be the one being used for realistic comparison🙄
Juan Andres Santos
November 29, 2020 at 9:56 pm
Extremely biased, completely out of ranges of prices. Size just an excuse to throw flowers to Apple.
Frank Wang
November 30, 2020 at 12:34 am
I really dislike how YouTubers play music and have a mic record them to compare music sound quality. It literally doesn’t do anything apart from comparing which speaker has louder volume at a specific percentage. Volume is NOT quality…
Arquell Eastland
November 30, 2020 at 8:23 am
Wouldn’t the new google nest be a fairer comparison because it’s $99 as well? Bc I’m gonna grab a mini for $18.99 from target!
minzaw one
November 30, 2020 at 11:50 am
Apple free home systems
danbretas
November 30, 2020 at 6:46 pm
Do you belive charge jbl link music to echo is upgrade or not?
Kenneth Daniels
December 1, 2020 at 1:01 pm
So you’re say Apple’s smart speaker is a…speaker.
Carlos Andres Zambrano
December 1, 2020 at 4:36 pm
What he said all are affordable we’re do you live?? Home pod is so expensive for a small pod
Steven Strain
December 1, 2020 at 7:45 pm
Although I own Apple everything I do have one of those Google Nest things because Google gave it to me for free. Siri is still dumb as rocks but I am hopeful things will change since I’m finally using Apple Maps with a fair degree of confidence now when once I swore that I could never do that. Hopefully Siri I will get upgraded soon.