The second-gen HomePod is on sale for $175 proper now

In the event you’ve been pondering of shopping for Apple’s HomePod (2nd era), now’s the time to behave — it is on sale proper now at Verizon for $175. That is a major $125 low cost (42 p.c off) and represents among the best offers we have seen on the good speaker up to now. As well as, Verizon is at present providing a deal on the HomePod Mini, letting you get a pair for $150, or 25 p.c off.

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The newest Apple HomePod speaker is on sale at among the best costs we have seen up to now. 

$175 at Verizon

With sound that is clearer and richer than choices from Amazon and Google, the second-gen HomePod garnered a strong 84 rating in our review last year. Nonetheless, it is actually solely geared toward Apple customers, working greatest with iPhones, Apple TVs and different units from the corporate, together with providers like Apple Music.

As a sensible dwelling gadget, it is suitable with Matter and Thread on high of Apple’s personal HomeKit protocol, so you need to use it to manage a rising vary of safety cameras, thermostats, plugs and different good dwelling equipment. It additionally has built-in temperature and humidity sensors, and its included mics do effectively to select your voice by noise.

Audio system just like the Sonos 5 and Sonos Period 300 value extra however supply a bit higher sound, whereas the Sonos Period 100 is generally a bit higher worth (Google Assistant and Amazon Echo customers ought to look elsewhere). As well as, there isn’t any Bluetooth audio and Siri is not essentially the most succesful assistant At $175, nonetheless, the second-gen HomePod is a strong deal in case you’ve been eyeing one.

In the event you do not want the sound high quality of the HomePod, the HomePod Mini can be on sale at Verizon in a “purchase one, get the second half off” deal (two for $150, mainly). That can get you a stereo pair or allow you to inventory a few bedrooms. It comes with almost all the identical good dwelling options if that is your primary concern, whereas providing superior sound high quality to the Echo Dot and Google House Mini.

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