Top 10 Everyday Uses for the HomePod Mini!

Now is a great time to get a HomePod Mini and take advantage of these 10 tips & uses. You can start your smart home using Siri and HomeKit, and take advantage of the integration with Apple apps and services. The HomePod is full of simple easy to use features like setting timers, alarms, calling up music and making request. But you can do even more such as answer incoming calls, send a message using Apple Messages, find your devices using Find My, create reminders, notes and much more. What is your favorite HomePod use?

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:28 #1 Timers & Alarms
01:56 #2 Making Request
03:01 #3 Music & Podcast
04:53 #4 Smart Home Control
06:01 The Ecosystem
06:27 #5 Outgoing & Incoming Calls
07:33 #6 Sending & Receiving Text
08:33 #7 Reminders
09:50 #8 Intercom & Announcements
10:51 #9 Pair An Apple TV
11:37 #10 Find Your Stuff

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[CraigsTechTalk]

🔴 Some other great videos to check out

[MicSolace]

One underrated thing I use mine for every single day is white noise when my baby sleeps, our favorite is rain sounds ☔️

[hoyosp]

Ambient sounds. It’s hands down one of my favorite things at night.

[kevinrose]

This is such a good detailed review. Just what I was looking for. I have been thinking about getting one of these speakers and this has been so helpful. Thank you very much.

[christianhotter]

I hope the HomePod is popular enough that Apple will keep adding more products. I have two now, but I want versions with a screen for my bedroom and kitchen. I plan to demote my current HomePods to Mac Mini or TV speakers when a new version comes out. They should be useful to my family much longer than our phones or even computers .

[penelope]

Thank you for not saying Siri. Last video made my HomePod play all sorts of stuff gave me the weather and set a Timmer geez

[Shwammi]

Thanks Craig! This is a super helpful video, as are your other Apple HomePod Mini vids. I'm picking up two tomorrow. My first two. Presents for my elderly folks. They are both totally with it in the Apple ecosystem and will be able to integrate these into their nascent but about to blossom HomeKit setup. Honestly, neither I nor my folks really want to learn all the ins and outs and intricacies of Google or Amazon's assistants, because we are already pretty far into iPhones, Macs, etc. It was a major leap for my folks to add some smart controls for outdoor lighting on their ranch.  

[Side note on Use case: the convenience of Apple ecosystem is really proving itself. Convenience coupled with trust and great devices. Example: My Mom tells Siri to turn on and off both sets of flood lights a few times a day from her watch while her hands are full moving hay, or walking the leashed & rambunctious springer spaniel pup. She was initially resistant to the unnecessary lighting controls, but now finds the helpful & essential.]

We added a $20 Google Nest Mini today, and it works phenomenally well for information requests, music control etc. Sound quality is great. But the set-up and routine interaction lingo & protocols feel like a nuisance. The lack of seamless integration with iphone is a hindrance.

Your vid highlighted several super useful aspects of the Apple mini: hand-off of music / sound control from devices and the integration into contacts / calls / reminders / calendars etc is worth the extra cash. So my folks will be surprised on Christmas morning when they open two or more Apple HomePod Mini's. [Note, they're in their mid / late 70s, and this is right up their alley! I'll have to get for myself too.]

Just gotta choose what colors to buy out of the remaining stock at the local vendor.

Thank you Craig!

-Shwa

[JuanRodriguez]

I have minis throughout my apartment and use them for music, timers, smart home control, adding reminders, sending messages, measurement conversions etc. but my favorite is telling it to play some sounds of the ocean when I’m getting ready to sleep! 🌊

[ranimungcal]

Im planning to get one..thanks for the tutorial👍🏼

[Dr_Cole]

Great video, Craig. I love these videos on what we can do with [insert device name here]. Nearly to the day, I got my first HomePod Mini and a SmartPlug so I could turn on the Christmas tree lights and Christmas music at sunset in the room where my wife hangs out. While not a huge SmartHome fan, she loved that. Ten HomePod minis and just under 150 devices/sensors/toys later, and I’ve been impressed how much the entire family uses Siri to control the home. I still can’t get my wife to use timers or shared shopping lists, but I’m only a year into this!

Keep the great videos coming.

[Vibe]

Thanks for the tips. Very useful information

[lruss]

Thanks! I just got one and I need all the help I can get!

[zerma]

Went back to Google home today and I can’t believe how much better it is .

[BreakTime]

Last day to get them for $79 at Costco. But I’m sure they’ll go on sale again around Christmas.

[swgforthefence]

‼️Wow! You explain things so great. I Definitely subscribed. I just got one of each, and honestly didn’t realize exactly how much they do.❤
A new TV and Apple TV soon . I Really wanted the speakers for starters.
Thank you so much you’re really easy to learn off from.

[BreakTime]

Great video.
They are on sale at Costco for $79.
I wish you didn’t have to press “transfer to iPhone” I wish it would just do it on its own.
Also, make sure WiFi is turned on on your iPhone and connected to the same WiFi network as the HomePod Mini. Otherwise nothing will work.

[schadlarry]

I also use Reminders for my shopping list. Better than third party apps which want you to make an account. The only downside using Reminders is I typically also add the price which Apple will convert to an all day event with the time. For example Bananas $1.25 or 1.25 will be converted to an all day event as 1:25pm. Wish there was a way to get around this.

[CesarGamino]

I want my wife to watch this video. We currently have ONE unit and it's in the bedroom. Primarily used for a next to the bed speaker for the TV across the room and also for whit noise during sleep: "Hey Siri, play Night, Hey Siri set volume to 20%, hey siri set sleep timer for 3 hours." I wish this could be done via shortcut on phone so I don't wake her up saying it when I come to bed later. Still a great function.

[mcole]

You remind me alot of Joey off FRIENDS!! So cute😊. Thanks for the tips Craig. Makes me want to go out and buy one.

[cantfindclif]

my favorite use is definitely the stereo pair, it gives a surround sound effect