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Re:HomePod Mini by AceJohnny2 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:48PM (#24768771)
I haven't used Alexa, but Siri on HomePod is way behind Google Assistant in capabilities and recognition reliability. I use it moderately for setting timers, reminders, shopping list, controlling my HomeKit lights, and getting weather.

I'd judge it to be 80% reliable in picking up commands (but the way human memory works, it's likely much higher than that but the times it fails are more memorable)

But HomePod is a phenomenal speaker.

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Re:HomePod Mini by ballenf on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @03:28PM (#24769281)
That's true, unless you have privacy options enabled in your Google account. In which case your Google Home becomes a doorstop.

At least that was my experience before I gave away a gifted Google Home because it refused to let me proceed through setup without disabling a bunch of privacy settings across my entire Google account.

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Re:HomePod Mini by AceJohnny2 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:53PM (#24768830)
I just tried to tell it to play music, but my closer iPhone picked up the order instead -_-;
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Re:HomePod Mini by hinkley on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @05:21PM (#24770457)
If we keep making these, you're going to need to name each device.

Hey HomePod, play something sinister.

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