00:00i've been using homepod and echo devices
00:02for years now and today
00:03i'll tell you who should buy the new
00:05homepod mini and who will be happier
00:08echo either the new round ones or the
00:10super steel of a deal
00:12third generation echo dot which you can
00:14get right now for just 18.99
00:18using the link down below there are
00:20great benefits of each platform and
00:22but for those of you who want a quick
00:24answer i'll link my personal suggestion
00:26best device in the description as well i
00:28have to say that after digging into this
00:30there are some massive differences that
00:33you won't find looking at the product
00:35you definitely don't want to make a
00:36mistake buying the wrong one
00:38and if you watch this whole video i will
00:40guarantee that you'll be able to make
00:42the right choice for you
00:44before this comparison let's quickly go
00:46over the homepod mini announcement
00:48i'm glad that the mini isn't just a
00:50shrunken down homepod
00:51but it's redesigned with a mostly round
00:53shape personally i think it looks great
00:56and i'm glad that we still have that led
00:59with volume controls up top we have the
01:01same mesh which looks and feels really
01:04but if you have kids around i would
01:05suggest getting the black since the
01:07white gets really dirty easily
01:09and it's really tough to clean it's hard
01:11to gauge the size of the mini when you
01:14here you can see how much smaller it
01:17the mini is slightly less than half the
01:19height and about 50 smaller in diameter
01:22so the size difference is significant
01:24what's even more crazy is when you
01:26compare the weight with the homepod
01:28being more than seven times heavier
01:30five and a half pounds instead of 0.76
01:33which means that this thing is really
01:35lightweight and that 19
01:38echo dot weighs in at around the same
01:40amount while being half the height of
01:42the mini apple said they focused on
01:44four things with the homepod mini
01:45amazing sound intelligent assistance
01:48smart home support and privacy and
01:50security starting with the speakers
01:52or should i say speaker since there's
01:54only a single driver that fires through
01:57for 360 degree sound apple doesn't list
02:00the size of the speaker but based on the
02:02image i would have to say it's about two
02:05we also have two radiators on the sides
02:07which will really improve the bass
02:09which is great since the speaker is
02:11small and apple doesn't market it
02:13as a high excursion like it does with
02:15the regular home pod
02:17even though the homepod space wasn't
02:18loud it did go really low for a smart
02:21speaker so i hope that the mini could
02:22get close to that with those radiators
02:25unfortunately the mini doesn't have any
02:28which make for clean crisp high
02:30frequencies where the original has
02:327 dedicated tweeters apple made
02:35computational audio a big deal with
02:37tuning that happens in real time
02:39180 times a second using that s5
02:43chip which was the flagship apple watch
02:46and is really powerful for a 99 device
02:50this will be a big deal when i get into
02:51the comparison to the echoes in just a
02:54the other difference is you can't use
02:55the mini with your apple tv
02:57which probably speaks to their maximum
02:59loudness but enough with the homepod
03:01comparisons we'll do a detailed
03:03dedicated video once it's out
03:04so subscribe if you guys want to see
03:06that let's move on to the convenience
03:09the first is auto stereo pairing if you
03:11have two of them in one room
03:13thanks to the u1 chip which makes home
03:16now even easier thanks to that same chip
03:19in the coming months if you have an
03:21you can hand off music by bringing your
03:23phone near the homepod mini
03:25which is also really cool thankfully
03:27apple is finally adding pandora and
03:29amazon music support to the homepod
03:31but unfortunately there's no word about
03:33their biggest competitor
03:34spotify the coolest new feature has to
03:38and right away i thought it was just a
03:40copy of echo's drop-in
03:42but it goes a lot further i use drop-in
03:44all the time to talk
03:46to my kids who might be playing in the
03:47basement or maybe they're in their rooms
03:49and amazon recently added the ability to
03:51drop in on all echoes as well
03:53what it can't do though is intercom into
03:57which can be super convenient if your
03:59kids are listening to music
04:00while you're trying to call them or talk
04:02to them the other part is the great
04:03integration with carplay
04:05not only to easily and safely intercom
04:09and have those audio messages show up on
04:11apple devices but to intelligently have
04:14if you ask siri for info about a
04:17this is where the homepod really stands
04:19out the deep integration with other
04:22and this is honestly making it tempting
04:25echoes with these new homepod minis yes
04:28you can do some of these things on the
04:30each person needs to have alexa apps
04:32installed and working properly on their
04:35and manually set up profiles which is a
04:37much bigger pain with the echoes
04:39i'm a huge techie and i still have
04:41issues with the alexa app
04:42and finding the certain things that i
04:44need and adjusting them
04:46where the ease of setup and simplicity
04:48of just using siri that's already built
04:51is just incredibly easy the other major
04:54privacy both the echoes and homepods can
04:57support multiple users but the homepod
05:00and most things are done on the device
05:02instead of in the cloud
05:03in anything that is being sent up is
05:05encrypted with those multiple profiles
05:08isn't in the home other people won't be
05:10able to use their profile
05:12privacy could be a concern with any
05:14device but i definitely trust apple
05:16way more than amazon and that's sadly
05:18where the benefits end
05:20and here's a ton of reasons why i
05:22personally switch to echoes
05:24from home pods first off alexa is way
05:27more capable not only does it support
05:31000 devices but there are over 100
05:34000 skills which are kind of like apps
05:37from third parties because of this
05:39echoes could do way more and smart
05:41device companies can easily add voice
05:43features to the echo
05:45along with that if you're somebody that
05:46wants to easily shop with your voice
05:49you definitely want to get an echo for
05:50that i couldn't find a figure for how
05:52many homekit devices are out there
05:54but from my research i would say that
05:57of the ones that are compatible with
05:59echoes so if you're looking to create a
06:02almost every smart device out there
06:06now along with much wider device support
06:08third-party software integration is also
06:10way better one of the biggest
06:12differences for me is
06:14spotify support both replacing amazon
06:16music using my voice
06:18and also using spotify connect which is
06:21oh and by the way apple music also works
06:25echoes like it does on the homepod i can
06:29from my spotify app on my phone on my
06:33or on any web browser even over lte no
06:38and i can play music to groups of echoes
06:40or even my whole house
06:41and it won't disrupt whatever else i'm
06:43listening to or watching or doing
06:45on my phone or anywhere else really with
06:47the homepod you could do similar things
06:49if you're on the same wi-fi and you're
06:52but if you want to use spotify you have
06:54to use airplay which will directly cast
06:56your audio from your phone to the
06:58homepod it's basically like bluetooth
07:01but a little bit better since it uses
07:03but that also means that you need wi-fi
07:05for it to work if you want to listen to
07:07something else or your connection cuts
07:08airplay will stop and in general it's
07:10way less reliable than using spotify
07:13which streams audio from the cloud like
07:15the homepods do with apple music
07:17so if you're a user of spotify the
07:20drastically better on echo devices and
07:23since i mentioned bluetooth
07:24homepods don't allow you to use it if
07:27you want to stream to the homepod your
07:29better support airplay and if your
07:31friend comes over with an android device
07:33he is out of luck not only can echoes
07:36work as a bluetooth speaker so anybody
07:38can connect to it directly
07:39and they can stream to it and they'll
07:41still work if your network is down
07:43but they can also connect to other
07:45bluetooth devices and directly stream to
07:47i have a massive fluent speaker that is
07:50loud which supports bluetooth so with
07:53just my voice i can connect to it and i
07:55can use alexa to stream
07:57and get incredible sound and if you have
07:59speakers that don't support bluetooth
08:01all echoes have three and a half
08:04so you can turn your dumb speaker into a
08:06smart one none of this is possible
08:08on the homepod it works best with apple
08:12devices and with music that can only
08:15and only if your wi-fi is working the
08:18apple's most locked down device and
08:20anything that connects to it has to be
08:22approved and controlled by apple
08:24which means that there could be a lot
08:25less home kit devices that are out there
08:28and a lot of those are gonna be more
08:29expensive as well now let's circle back
08:32and finish up with audio quality when
08:33listening to music which is probably
08:35what most people spend
08:36most of their time doing with their
08:38smart speakers i'm almost certain that
08:40the mini will sound better than the echo
08:43which share the same 1.6 inch speaker
08:46but that's to be expected at 50 dollars
08:49and a crazy 19 right now for the third
08:52these don't sound fantastic but they're
08:54still very usable at medium volumes
08:56and if you buy it for that price which
08:59by the way there's links in the video
09:01i don't think anybody's gonna complain
09:05how it will compare to the new standard
09:07echo that comes in at the same
09:0999 this thing is slightly larger but
09:13three speakers instead of one a three
09:15inch woofer and two tweeters that are
09:19my question is how it will compare to
09:21the new standard echo
09:22that comes in at the same 99
09:25this thing is slightly larger but it
09:27features three speakers instead of one
09:30a three inch woofer and two 20
09:34amazon is so confident in its audio
09:36quality that they even included a line
09:38option to connect music players to the
09:40speaker if you guys want to see
09:42how they compare click that subscribe
09:44button below but if i had to guess
09:46i would have to give it to the echo
09:48because of its three dedicated drivers
09:50and i'm almost certain that it will play
09:52louder now if you're somebody that wants
09:54the features of alexa but you want
09:56amazing sound you can get the echo
09:58studio for fifty dollars more than the
10:01and this one has five speakers with
10:03dedicated drivers for the highs
10:05the mids and the low base overall i have
10:08to say that i am tempted by the few
10:10standout features of the homepod mini
10:12i love how they look and how easy they
10:14are to use and the new
10:15integrations with other apple devices
10:17are great but they lack
10:19so many features both software and
10:22that unless you have a very limited use
10:24case and you're very deep
10:26into the apple ecosystem and not using
10:29honestly it's really hard to recommend
10:31them i'll leave my recommended devices
10:33and the best sales on echoes down below
10:35in the video description
10:37thank you guys for watching let me know
10:38your opinions on which one
10:40you should buy and which system is
10:41better click that circle above to
10:43subscribe since we will be doing some
10:45real world comparisons when the mini
10:48this is max and i'll see you in the next
