Latest Homepod Hands On Praises Sound Quality Calls It An Excellent Siri Ambassador

Following Refinery29’s hands-on earlier this morning, Lance Ulanoff has now published his take on Apple’s HomePod after spending some time with it. Ulanoff dives into the sounds quality of the speaker, Siri integration, physical hardware, and more…

Ulanoff says that while he first used the HomePod back at WWDC, he’s since got to try it out “in a variety of scenarios and spaces.” In terms of sound quality, Ulanoff has high praise for the HomePod – saying it sounds great compared to Google Home Max and Sonos One:

Furthermore, Ulanoff says that when listening to songs, it’s easy to pick apart the different layers, whether it’s instrumentation or vocals:

In terms of Siri functionality, Ulanoff says that it works largely as you would expect it to. You get things such as HomeKit control, Apple Music playback, news, support for sending messages, and more.

The bass notes on songs like Gregory Porter’s Holding On and Ariana Grande’s Side by Side were deep and resonant.

All in all, after his brief time with HomePod, Ulanoff remarks that it’s “attractive, sounds amazing and is an excellent Siri ambassador.” You’ll be able to preorder HomePod tomorrow, January 26th for $349.

Read the full piece here.