Apple HomePod 2nd Gen (2023)

Great sound quality Incredible bass performance Dazzling Spatial Audio surround Plug and Play wireless Slick design

Limited connection options No direct Spotify playback

“A pair of HomePods make a formidable home entertainment powerhouse.”

Stunning audio ; Works perfectly with Apple TV ; Now a proficient home hub

Bass can be a bit much ; Requires other Apple products ; Too tall to sit under your TV

The second-generation HomePod provides jaw-dropping audio, whether listening to music or watching films through the Apple TV, and it only gets better with two of them. If you've already bought into the Apple ecosystem, this provides a premium...

Rich bass response and clear highs ; Room-sensing audio ; Strong mic clarity ; HomeKit and Matter support ; Temperature and humidity sensors

Expensive ; No user-customizable EQ ; Matter setup issues in testing

Apple's second-generation HomePod carries over the elegant design from the original, but improves the audio and smart home experiences to better compete with speakers from Amazon and Google.

A promising smart home hub via HomeKit and Matter ; Two can form a stereo pair ; Supports AirPlay 2 for multi-room audio ; Supports Dolby Atmos

Lots of other speakers sound better and cost less ; Limited support for high-res music-streaming services beyond Apple Music ; You need two for the best audio performance ; You can’t add a subwoofer or rear surround channels

Apple’s second-generation HomePod is an improvement over the first and it costs less, but it will only be of interest to iOS users. Even then, it’s not the strongest smart home hub, nor is it the best speaker for music and movies in its price class.

An outstanding speaker, audio performance out of this world, but still lacking true smarts.

The moment I first heard a pair of the new Apple HomePod speakers play spatial audio, I could not get one thought out of my mind: This is going to be more than good enough for 90+ percent of listeners. Of course there will still be a place in this...

son excellent, taille compacte, s'intègre bien aux appareils et services Apple

chère, pas aussi puissante que ses rivales, terminal iOS indispensable, impossible de définir Spotify comme service musical par défaut

La nouvelle enceinte connectée HomePod offre un excellent son, mais son tarif de 349€ limite son attrait aux fans d'Apple disposant d'un budget conséquent.

Tolles Klangerlebnis ; Abnehmbares Stromkabel ; Siri funktioniert jetzt deutlich besser ; Schönes Design

Weder Bluetooth-Streaming noch Audio-Anschlüsse ; Nur für Apple-User sinnvoll nutzbar ; Kein großer Unterschied zum HomePod mini

Die neuen HomePods sind für mich eine bessere Neuauflage der alten HomePods und merzen die Kinderkrankheiten der ersten Generation an vielen Stellen aus. Auch wenn die zweite Generation nicht der ganz große Wurf ist: Der Frustfaktor ist im Vergleich zu...