I had a different cheaper common variation. I do not subscribe to any of the paid services. I can stream music throughit, but find it more use answering questions, quite good at maths, reasonable at spelling and basic definitions, though can also be very obtuse when in a mood. There are podcasts out there for it, it does streamed radio of course, has timer features one can sometimes connect to activities, like put radio on at a time, or off after a time, things like that. I get my penneth out of mine. Home Pod pricing could make it a moot point.
RobH, glad to contribute something for a change. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cris Ali" <filasti...@hotmail.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 3:41 AM Subject: Home Pod Mini Hi folks, I have never owned a smart speaker. For this reason, excuse my question. It may sound naïve to many of you. If one wants to get the Home Pod Mini, or any other smart speaker for that matter, but this person does not want to subscribe to any music streaming service, what would be the benefits of owning such a smart speaker? I understand that one can use it to airplay YouTube music or radio stations via the iPhone Bluetooth connection. Apart from that, what one can use the speaker as a standalone besides SIRI or Alexa? Is it worth for someone who has no intention to spend money on streaming services to buy a smart speaker like the Home Pod Mini? Apple mentioned that the home pod will be accessible via voice over. I do not know if this means it will be controlled via the voice over of the iPhone, or does it have voice over built into it. Does anyone know? Regards, Cris Ali filasti...@hotmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/BLAPR19MB4468F988E6C1E1969D090A0CC11E0%40BLAPR19MB4468.namprd19.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/5F00D3E3DF6E49DEB0BB8DCA47FDC7C0%40bobsh23aug09.
