A karshen 2016, kungiyar da ke kare rahoton masu sayen Amurkan na Amurka, ta tabbatar da cewa sabon MacBook Pro tare da Touch Bar ba sayayyar da kwayar halittarta ta ba da shawararta ba, wanda hakan ya kasance kyakkyawar illa ga kamfanin da ke Cupertino, tunda yawancin Amurkawa amince da wannan jikin lokacin siyan kaya, musamman na lantarki.
A farkon shekarar 2017, Rahotannin Masu Sayayya sun gyara kimantawar wannan na'urar, gami da sake shi a cikin kayayyakin da hukumar ta ba da shawarar su. Abin da farko zai iya zama kamar "yarjejeniyar tattalin arziki a ƙarƙashin hannun riga", babu abin da ya ci gaba daga gaskiya, tunda sake Wannan ƙungiyar ba ta riba ba ta saba wa bukatun Apple.
Dangane da Rahoton Masu Amfani, HomePod ya sami kyakkyawan darajar sauti, kamar yadda Sonos One da Google Home Max suka samu, amma na biyun na baya sun ci mafi girma yayin da suke ba da ingancin sauti mafi girma. Wannan jikin ya gudanar da gwaje-gwajen a cikin ɗakunan sauraron sauraro, tare da ƙwararrun masu gwadawa waɗanda suka kwatanta kowane samfurin tare da lasifikan lasifika a wannan ɓangaren. A game da HomePod, masu gwada sun sami wasu batutuwa.
A cewar kwararrun da suka gwada HomePod, bass din yana da "hayaniya kuma an fi jaddada shi", yayin da sautunan tsakiyar ke "da dan rikicewa." Soundsananan sautuna suna ƙarƙashin ƙarfafawa. A cikin ƙididdigar Rahoton Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na HomePod, sun bayyana hakan sauti gabaɗaya na HomePod "ɗan laka ne" idan aka kwatanta da Sonos One ko Google Home Max.
Sautin HomePod ya sami yabo sosai daga duk kafofin watsa labarai wadanda suka samu damar gwada na’urar kwanaki kafin zuwanta kasuwa. Har yanzu, Rahoton Masu Sayarwa ya ce yayi imanin HomePod ba zai taɓa fifita Google Home Max da Sonos One ba.
Abin da ya bayyana a sarari shi ne cewa wannan sabon ra'ayi ne daga Rahoton Abokan Ciniki game da samfurin Apple, ba zai zama abin dariya ba a ofisoshin Cupertino, tunda wannan shi ne karo na biyu da ya sami koma baya tare da ɗayan samfuran da aka ƙaddamar akan kasuwa a cikin recentan shekarun nan.