Apple HomePod Mini
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Wireless speaker | £99 | whf.cm/HomePodMini
The Apple HomePod Mini has been a long time coming. As soon as the original HomePod was announced, it was assumed that it would be the first in a large family of smart speakers. It hadn’t even hit shops before people were asking when a smaller, more affordable model would be introduced.
It has taken almost three years for that model to arrive – that’s aeons in the world of tech – so, has the wait been worth it? It sure has: the HomePod Mini outperforms its size and price like no other smart speaker you can buy.
Small beginnings
The HomePod Mini really is small. At just 8.5cm tall and 10cm wide, it’s roughly half the size of the similarly priced and spherical new Amazon Echo. In fact, it’s even smaller than the new Echo Dot.
The HomePod Mini comes in simple white or black finishes and is wrapped in a seamless fabric mesh, chosen as much for its acoustic properties as for its stylishness. The whole design gives the impression of a tiny, woven plant pot – it’s pretty and unobtrusive, and will happily fit in any room of the house.
