WEBVTT - HomePod Mini is a winner 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:14.319 Hands on with the iPhone, Mini and Max sound like 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:17.639 Disney characters. My pick for one of the best gifts 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:22.040 this holiday season. The new Xbox and PlayStation are now 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:25.639 available if you can find them. Plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:28.960 What's going on? I'm Rich Damiro and this is Rich 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:31.200 on Tech, the podcast where I talk about the tech 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:34.240 stuff I think you should know about, and of course 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:36.280 it is the place where I take the time to 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:39.440 answer the questions that just send me. I'm Rich Demiro, 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.920 tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Hope 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:47.839 you are having a fantastic day so far. Everything's good 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:52.879 over here, just you know, surrounded in new technology. I 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.720 have mentioned this on the show for the past couple 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.800 of weeks, but it is tech season like I have 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:02.720 never seen. And maybe it's because I'm working from home 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:06.080 and everything's just much more apparent and it's all just 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:10.839 kind of here in the office and stacking up. But man, 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:13.560 I've been playing with a lot of stuff lately, just 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:21.399 in the past week. iPhone, Mini, iPhone, Max, HomePod, Mini PlayStation, Xbox. 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:26.440 I mean, woo, what a group of things. Huh man, man, man, 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.920 So uh, you know, I've got lots of thoughts on 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.080 these things, and all I have to say is that 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:36.760 I do understand that for many folks, this is a 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:40.280 tough time. It's pandemic, it is you know, a lot 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:43.760 of people are finding themselves either less than employed, or 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:47.919 underemployed or not employed. And so that is not lost 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.120 on me, right like, I understand that this is not 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:56.160 a typical time for the American people. But with that said, 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.480 I am doing my job. I am taking talking about 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:04.080 the things that people are asking me about, and I 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:08.120 am not trying to assume that everyone has the extra 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.560 cash this holiday season to buy all of the stuff 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.560 that I'm talking about. But at the same time, you know, 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:18.200 it's it's out there, it's being marketed, and I need 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:20.960 to let you know what's good, what's bad, what you 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:24.400 should spend your hard earned cash on. And that's kind 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:26.720 of where I come from. So do I think you 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:28.960 need to rush out and buy the five hundred dollars 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.120 PlayStation five tomorrow? Probably not. It will be there in 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:34.839 six months. It'll probably be a better deal in six 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.800 months because it'll have more games and more things, and 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.040 the bugs will be worked out and some software updates. 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.040 But I'll still tell you about it now, so you 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.679 know what to do. And also I'm a big proponent 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.280 of saving money as well. So save up for these things. 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.160 If you hear something that you really like and you 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.320 really got your eye on it, save up for it. 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:55.760 You don't have to do the financing plan. You don't 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:59.880 have to do the you know, behold into whatever tech 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.360 company on there, you know, divide it by twenty four 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.880 or thirty or ninety. Save up the money, don't go out, 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:10.679 you know, don't spend something you know, for me personally, 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:15.000 like every I think of everything in terms of like Spotify, 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:17.359 even though I don't subscribe to Spotify right now. Well 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.840 technically I do cause I have a free trial. But anyway, 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.520 so I think of everything in terms of Spotify. So 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.760 if I can save like, you know, seven or eight 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.440 or ten dollars on a lunch one day, I think 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:30.600 of it as, oh, I just paid for Spotify for 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:33.440 the whole month, and so just you know, continue to 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.000 do that. Like this morning, I did go to Starbucks 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.160 and you know, I looked at the it was like 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:42.480 twelve dollars for you know, well, my wife got a 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.040 fancy coffee, which I really can't bring myself to buy 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.040 there because I just can't get over the fact that 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.480 they're literally creeping up here in Los Angeles to like 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:53.920 six dollars for a Grande. I mean, come on, that's 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:57.000 insane to me. So I always go for the Brood, 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.280 which you know they probably make more on that per 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.400 ounce or something thing, who knows. But anyway, I digress. 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.480 I mean, I'm not this is not the Dave Ramsey Show, 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.680 so I'm not sitting here giving you all your financial advice. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.320 But the reality is, look, I love this stuff just 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.040 as much as you do. You know, I love to 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.920 buy technology just as much as the next person. And 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.240 the reality is that, yes, I get to play with 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.279 a lot of this stuff before, so I can you know, 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.120 I can really want something and then play with it 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:23.920 and be like, h nevermind, I don't really need that. 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.320 But at the same time, this is this is all 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.839 good to know. So anyway, let's talk about some of 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:31.920 these things. Let's just get right into it. Get right 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:34.159 into it after I've been talking for four minutes on 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:37.320 a diatribe. But let's talk about the Mini and the Max, 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:41.159 the iPhone twelve. I have been using the iPhone twelve Pro, 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:43.880 just the standard one and I have fallen in love 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:49.239 with that device. It's so refreshingly good sized that I 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:53.599 kind of just really really like the size of this phone. 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:57.640 And when I'm presented with the iPhone twelve Pro Max, 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.560 which is kind of a honk and big phone, and 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.000 then the iPhone twelve Mini, which I just have no 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.919 need for, but I get that. There's you know, so 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.560 you have three different size phones this year, right, you 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.559 have the Mini, you have the two twelves in the middle, 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.400 the twelve and the twelve Pro, and then you have 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.840 the twelve Pro Max. So I think the ones right 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:21.400 in the middle are the perfect size for ninety nine 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.560 point nine percent of people. Now, I do like the 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:28.360 Mini for someone who just is a casual phone user. 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.839 And someone kind of got on me on social media 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.760 for saying, what do you mean, We're not a pro 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.680 or something like that, or a power user, and I said, yeah, 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.039 I didn't reply back, but you know you're not. Power 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:43.400 users are not getting the Mini because the Mini is 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.599 too small to be a power user's phone. So you know, 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:50.280 you have to be a casual user if you want 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.919 the Mini. Now, the Max is for the power user, 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:57.120 and realistically, the biggest difference is in the Max and 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.480 the and the twelve Pro is when it comes to 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:05.360 the camera, the camera is going to give you a gosh. 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:08.159 My friend Jefferson Graham on USA Today did a really 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:12.640 good job of explaining, and it's basically it comes down 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:16.840 to the low light photography, which of course, but also 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:21.760 comes down to the lens. And the lens is you 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.640 get more zoom, obviously, but you also get a I'm 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.520 trying to find exactly how he says it here because 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:32.400 it's like fifty six I think seventy two. Oh, here 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:36.040 we go. So the Max telephoto, the Max Max is 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:39.719 out telephoto at sixty five, which he says is close 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.159 to the seventy millimeters that pros use, and then the 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:46.160 twelve Pro Max or the twelve Pro maxes out at 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:49.640 fifty two milimeters, so you get more zoom on the 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:53.560 Pro Max. So in looking at his pictures, you know 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:56.159 it's definitely a little bit more. You can push in 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:57.839 a little bit more on your pictures. But is that 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.479 a reason to spend the extra hundred bucks he seems 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:02.640 to think. So when it comes to you know, if 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:04.320 you're a pro photographer, and that's kind of what I've 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:07.160 been saying the whole time. If you want the absolute 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.840 best camera that Apple has to offer, you got to 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.040 go Pro Max. But you do have to get that 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:14.920 larger size phone. And I'm just not sure that the 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.960 trade off is there for me personally. This year, I've 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.040 really gotten used to being able to hold my phone, 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.040 put it in my pocket, take it on a hike, 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.560 and it just doesn't seem to like, you know, you know, 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.200 move around so much like it, you know, and everything 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:31.160 with the with the Max I had last year. You know, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:32.800 when you put it in like one of those holders 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.080 or anything, it's always just a little bit bigger. It's 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:36.920 always a little heavier, it's always just a little bit 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.680 more complex. But with that said, this thing is beautiful. 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:45.080 Like the screen is just so nice. The form factor 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.800 is just perfect. I think that it just feels like 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:53.000 a small iPad slash computer. So if you want sort 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.760 of one thing for everything, the Max is the way 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.720 to go. The Mini is just fantastic for you know, 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:00.920 like I said, the casual user that just doesn't care 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.960 as much wants everything that's good about the iPhone, the 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:07.480 fast processing speed, the great camera. You only get two lenses, 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.040 not three, but you know, it's just gonna be a 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.080 great little phone, and especially at six ninety nine or 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:16.720 maybe even cheaper with carrier deals, it's just great. But 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:20.160 I think that the twelve and the twelve Pro are 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:24.360 the perfect size. They're identical sizing or close to it, 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.080 and it's just a great It's just a perfect size 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:28.800 in your hand. The only thing I will say that 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.800 I've definitely noticed about the iPhone twelve and I haven't 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:34.920 done enough with the twelve Mini and Max, is the 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.040 battery life is definitely not as strong as it was 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:40.760 on the eleven, which is funny because that is one 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.720 of the biggest things I noticed about the eleven was 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:46.520 the improved camera, but also the improved battery life, and 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:50.000 it's just kind of lost on the twelve. Maybe it'll 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:52.520 kind of, you know, maybe I'll just I mean, I'm 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:54.920 probably getting used to having a smaller phone in general 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.400 with the battery life, but also I think the five 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.640 G is taking a toll and just maybe who knows 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.640 some other stuff. But I noticed it's not as strong, 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:04.560 but it's fine. Believe me, I'm getting through the day 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:08.679 overall very happy, and honestly, you know, I kind of 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:12.280 waver between Android and iOS a lot, and this is 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:14.800 one of the first times right now when you compare 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.280 what you can get with Android with what you can 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.840 get with iOS, and you just can't match it with 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:25.280 Android right now. The Note twenty Ultra comes close. But 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:27.080 that phone again was a little bit too big for me. 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:29.520 So if they made that Note twenty Ultra in an 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.920 iPhone twelve Pro size, I would have a tougher time 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.480 considering or deciding between these two. But the fact is, 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.440 when they made the Note twenty, they took you know, 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:41.800 the screen and all these weird things. They just kind 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:46.439 of took a back seat too, I guess. So anyway, 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.600 that made my decision easy. All right, let's end up 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.360 of that, so let's get into the first question of 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:56.280 the day. Dear rich DeMuro, very formal. I just reread 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.360 your article regarding Wi Fi and I have a question 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:00.800 regarding Wi Fi and Mesh network. I live in a 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.680 single story house thirty two hundred square feet. Our Wi 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.120 Fi is slow with lots of dead zones. The wires 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:07.959 for the modem are in a walking closet and one 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:10.440 side of the house not my idea. The other side 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:12.960 of the house is the family room, which Mesh system 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.960 do you recommend to be the most effective. I need 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.560 to upgrade the Wi Fi speed as well. What do 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.920 you recommend with Frontier? I have a choice of five hundred, 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:25.959 five hundred or one gig. Thank you, Lauren, Lauren, thank 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:29.080 you for your formality number one. But you know, look, 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:33.200 I always recommend Eero. I have Euroo. It works great. 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.520 I plan on upgrading to the new euro Wi Fi 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.560 six or the Euro Pro, I should say with Wi 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.400 Fi six it's right now six hundred bucks, so I'm 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.640 waiting for that to go on sale for Black Friday. 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:48.679 But you know, I have one gig Internet and it's great. 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.960 I mean, it's it's good. I love it for the uploads. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.960 I think that for ninety nine point nine percent of people, 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.079 five hundred five hundred is going to be just fine. 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:00.120 I don't think you need the full gig unless you 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:03.680 are uploading large video files on a daily basis like 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.920 I am. So right now, I'm working from home. My 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.760 photographer is working from home. He will take all the 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.480 video files and put them in a dropbox kind of 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.720 thing and then send them to me and I will 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.920 download them, and it's it's a big process. And then 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:20.600 I'm uploading you know, regularly gigabyte files five hundred gig 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.400 or five hundred megabytes whatever, And yes, five hundred, five 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:26.760 hundred will handle that. But the gig is just nice 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:30.000 to have. So I don't think you need the gig. 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.200 I think I do because of my job. If your 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.640 job is similar, then definitely go with that. Now, when 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:38.000 it comes to the ero, they I think they underestimate 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.920 how many you need. I'd go with a at least 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:43.120 a two point system, probably a three point for thirty 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.680 two hundred square feet. But it's a single story, which 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.920 means is probably since that is a large house, it's 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.960 probably spread out more. So I would go one on 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:54.640 the far corner where that closet is, one in the middle, 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:56.600 and then one on the other side in the family room. 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.320 And once you get that mesh network up and running, 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:04.520 you will not believe just how fantastic your internet can be. 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.560 All right, let's talk about what I think is going 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:14.360 to be the number one thing to give or get 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:18.560 this holiday season, and it is the home Pod Mini. 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.520 Now I was just okay, so let me just give 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:23.800 you a little background on this thing. So Apple sent 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:28.000 me the HomePod Mini to test out, and I plugged 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:33.640 it in and started listening to it, and wow, I immediately 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.480 was just blown away. This thing is three inches. It's 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:39.320 a hundred bucks. And I've been so used to my 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.480 Sono speakers that have been my kind of gold standard 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.079 for many years. Last week on the show, you heard 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:48.640 me say that I replaced them with some Google home speakers. Well, 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:51.240 guess what. This week, I think I'm going to replace 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:55.880 everything with the HomePod minis because they sound so good 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:59.680 that I was I couldn't say anything about them, because 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:01.680 you know, we have these things called embargos where you 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:03.800 can't really talk about stuff. So the only person I 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:06.240 can call was my wife, and I was just like, 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:08.800 oh my god, I can't wait till you get home 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.360 because I want you to hear these speakers. They sound 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.520 so good. And so when she got home, I had 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.560 they actually work with my sons, Like I have one 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:21.120 Sonos that has airplay built in. It's a newer model, 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:22.720 and I didn't realize that it kind of works in 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:26.120 concert with these home pods, and so I kind of 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.719 got them all up and running and I played the 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.040 music throughout the house and it was only a couple 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:32.800 of rooms. Case I don't have enough of these for everything. 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:36.920 But I will say, she said, wow, that is impressive. 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.679 It sounds really good. So now I've got a quandary. 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.000 The home pod, I feel like sounds better than the 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:48.200 Google stuff, and the Google stuff is having trouble grouping. 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.720 That's the main thing that I found. And the iPhone 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.080 with the HomePods, it groups a little bit better. And 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.160 by grouping, I mean, Okay, I want to play this 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.680 music throughout the house. Okay, fine, But then when I 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:01.720 go to change the volume, I try to change it 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:04.160 across all the speakers at once, and I have not 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:05.679 been able to figure out a way to do that. 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.320 I can do them individually, but I can't figure out 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:12.439 the whole home like one volume everywhere. And sons I 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.600 keep coming back to because number one, it's Switzerland, you 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:17.920 can use any service you want. With the HomePod. You 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:19.800 really got to use Apple Music, which is fine. I've 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.560 resubscribed to it. But it's one of these things where 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.760 you know, once you go down this HomePod route, you 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.120 are beholden to the iPhone. And I've always been sort 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.680 of a platform agnostic kind of person, like I like 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:35.400 to have stuff that is not just one company, because 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.320 then I'm ruled by one company. And that's what I 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.560 liked about the Google homes is that you know, they 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:43.960 work with YouTube Music, they work with you know, what's 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.440 the other one, Spotify, But you know, then you go 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:49.160 up to Sonos and it works with everything, I mean everything. 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:51.760 So what I loved about Sonos is that on one screen, 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:56.680 my home screen, I had my favorite playlists from iHeartRadio, 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.680 my favorite playlist from Apple Music, my favorite playlist from 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.880 spot and my favorite playlist from YouTube Music. And yes, 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.160 at one point I was subscribed to all those things. 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:08.560 I still kind of am. But yeah, a lot of 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:10.880 them are like free trials, like Spotify. My credit card 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.560 gave me like and I know, they gave me like 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:15.920 six months free of Spotify. It's one of these things 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:17.520 where they want you to sign up and then forget 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:18.920 about it and then all of a sudden you get charged, 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:20.840 like the nine ninety nine, and you're like, oh, yeah, 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:24.040 so they just got a free month. Anyway, So anyway, 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:28.560 the home pod is fantastic. I immediately ordered one for my sister. 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:31.840 It was shipping in like mid December, by the way, 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:33.600 so I don't know if that's going to change. But 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:35.280 if you want one of these things. You better order 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:39.240 it because you might not have it by Christmas. It's 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:42.080 just great. I mean, I really really think that Apple 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:45.560 did a fantastic job. And don't forget people are gonna say, oh, 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:49.600 it doesn't sound as good as but here is the thing. 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:53.640 It works with the iPhone. So many people that have 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:58.680 the iPhone are going to purchase this product just because 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:03.000 it is an Apple product, and yes does it. Am 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.160 I an audio file that can tell you whether it 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:08.840 sounds precisely as good as the Sonos or as good 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:14.320 as the you know, Alexa or the whatever from Google, 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:16.280 But no, I can't tell you that. I could just 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:18.440 tell you from my ears. When I plug this thing in, 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:22.760 it sounded phenomenal, and I feel like the sound fills 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:26.400 the room in a bigger way than definitely the Google Home, 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.480 maybe on par with the Sonos. And I don't have 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.680 enough experience with the Alexa stuff or the Echo stuff 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.520 to really give you a comparison there, but I can 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:41.400 tell you that this sounds pretty darn good, and pretty 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:43.560 darn good means that Apple is going to sell a 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.600 bazillion of these things for a hundred bucks. It's like 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:49.800 doling out candy to kids. And those kids are the 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:53.160 iPhone users and one hundred dollars. Yeah, people are gonna say, well, 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:57.720 it's more expensive than you know, the Google Home is 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:02.200 only fifty and the echoes or are really discounted. Well, yes, 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:06.520 I get that, but again, this is Apple. Now. If 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:08.359 we are in normal times, you'd be in an Apple 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.280 store going for a screen repair and you'd see this 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:14.040 little speaker and you'd be like, whoa, what's that? Hundred bucks? Boom, 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:17.360 take my money. But you know, we're in a pandemic. 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.440 Things are a little different. It's gonna take people some time. 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:22.159 But from everything I've seen, I haven't really read a 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.280 lot of reviews on the HomePod just yet, but I 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:28.160 have a feeling when I do, people are gonna say 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.480 what I'm saying, this thing is pretty awesome. Let's see 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:37.200 what a review saying. Verge says doesn't sound as good 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:45.160 as similarly priced competitors. Okay, well whatever, Tech Crunch, remarkably big, sound, 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:51.040 Wall Street Journal, showdown Guardian. Let's see is anyone acceptable 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:55.280 in gadget and acceptable Echo Alternative? Oh give me a break, 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:59.080 come on, okay, Fast Company. For Apple fans, this ninety 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:03.600 nine dollars smart Speed a no brainer Forbes, dead cheap, 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.439 dead sheep. It's not dead cheap. Come on, dead cheap, David, 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:10.800 Come on. Ninety nine bucks is not dead cheap. Twenty 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:15.359 bucks is dead cheap. Apple doesn't do dead cheap. It 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.960 sounds like I'm saying dead sheep, dead sheep, dead cheap, depth, 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:24.480 dead cheap. What do you say dead cheap? Now all 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:29.520 I hear is dead sheep. H Okay. So bottom line 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.800 on the home pod is, look for one hundred dollars. 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:34.800 You're gonna get this thing, and you're gonna be blown 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:37.199 away and you're gonna want to buy more, which is 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.280 what's happening to me right now, because now I'm sitting 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:42.040 here thinking, do I want to maybe upgrade all of 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:45.240 my Sono speakers and you know, go that route and 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:48.119 continue down the Soo's route, Or do I want to 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.960 spend half the money and get home Pods everywhere and 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:53.440 then I'm beholden to Apple for the next year or two, 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:55.480 you know, because I gotta get my money's worth or 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:59.320 three or four and stick with Apple Music. Yes, you 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.600 can use other music services. It works with airplay, but look, 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.879 if you want the cleanest, smoothest experience, it looks like, 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:07.880 right now, you got to use Apple Music. I think 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:11.600 they mentioned Amazon Music later on. And the delineation here 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:16.199 is to not have to say on Apple or you know, 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:20.280 like you know, h Siri, play this song, you know, 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:23.040 and it'll just default your music default music service, right 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:26.280 without having to say, play this song on YouTube music. Right. 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:28.400 That's who wants to say that every time you forget? 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:32.879 So anyway, let me know what you think I mean. Plus, 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:34.639 you get all the smart home stuff, which you know, 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:37.200 it's just kind of starting. You get the smarts of Siri, which, 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.280 let's be honest, series not as good as the other stuff, 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:43.600 you know, the other assistants, especially Google. But you know 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:45.520 I did the other night, I said, you know, play 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:48.159 some relaxing music, and it did that. I think I 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:51.439 actually think Siri is the best at coming up with 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:55.080 music to surface versus Google Assistant is really bad at 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:57.640 that for some reason. I don't know why, but I'll 0:19:57.680 --> 0:19:59.479 be like, hey, play some workout music and it's like 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:03.679 here's a heavy metal hard rock and I'm like, I 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:05.639 don't ever listen to that kind of music, Like why 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:10.320 would you play that? You know? So anyway, that's my 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:13.160 thoughts on the home pod Mini, and let's be honest, 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:15.119 you're listening to Rich on tech. I mean, these are 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:17.560 gonna be my thoughts. Are they the right thoughts that 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:20.520 everyone else has? I don't know, but these are my thoughts, 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.680 and my thoughts are this is gonna be one of 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:26.199 the biggest sellers for Apple this holiday season, if not 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:31.000 for the next year. So take that, enjoy it, and 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:33.200 let me know what you think, because I, like I said, 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:35.600 I'm not an audiophile. I'm just a regular person. And 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:38.000 when I heard this little speaker, I thought it was fantastic. 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:40.159 So you let me know if you think it sounds 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:44.440 fantastic for being a tiny, tiny speaker. That is ninety 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:50.520 nine dollars. All right, let's get to the next question. 0:20:50.840 --> 0:20:54.879 Adam says, we have an eight year old Toshiba satellite. 0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:57.080 On Friday, when I went to shut down, the message 0:20:57.080 --> 0:21:00.800 of update and shut down was displayed, Okay, no problem. 0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:05.520 On Saturday, same scenario, different outcome, no problem. Oh, different 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:10.040 outcome problem. There was a blue screen with refreshed might help. 0:21:10.119 --> 0:21:13.959 It didn't. Paid closer attention the second time page fault 0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:18.199