The Best Smart Speakers 2026

1. Amazon - Echo Dot Kids (5th Gen, 2022 Release) with Alexa - Fire Dragon

Meet Echo Dot Kids smart speaker with Alexa. The fun design features an improved speaker, delivering clear vocals and vibrant sound. Includes 1 year of Amazon Kids+ content. Kids can ask Alexa to play music, get homework help, hear bedtime stories, and more.

2. Apple - HomePod mini - White

Using The Apple Home Pod mini Control all your compatible Apple devices, talk to family members in other rooms, and enjoy full Siri functionality. It connects to your wireless network to provide control of, and access to, all of your HomeKit-compatible devices. It will play music, check the weather and traffic, tell you sports scores, control your compatible smart home equipment, and more with Siri. Using a far-field four-microphone array, the Home Pod mini can perform the requested task in an instant. Siri can be activated with the words "Hey Siri" or by touching and holding the touch surface. With Siri, a variety of features work across the Home Pod mini and other compatible devices for full integration into your Apple ecosystem.

Jam-packed with innovation, HomePod mini fills the entire room with rich 360-degree audio. Place multiple speakers around the house for a connected sound system.² And with Siri, your favorite do-it-all intelligent assistant helps with everyday tasks and controls your smart home privately and securely.¹

3. Google - Nest Audio - Smart Speaker - Chalk

Works with conventional (2H/2C), heat pump (4H/2C), gas, oil, electric and dual fuel; Apple® HomeKit-enabled; Wi-Fi capability; Compatible with most 24V heating and cooling systems; 7-day schedule; 3.5" LCD touch screen

Meet Nest Audio. Hear music the way it should sound, with crisp vocals and powerful bass that fill the room. Just say, “Hey Google” to play music or get help.

4. Google - Nest Audio - Smart Speaker - Charcoal

Works with conventional (2H/2C), heat pump (4H/2C), gas, oil, electric and dual fuel; Apple® HomeKit-enabled; Wi-Fi capability; Compatible with most 24V heating and cooling systems; 7-day schedule; 3.5" LCD touch screen

Meet Nest Audio. Hear music the way it should sound, with crisp Vocals and powerful bass that fill the room. Just say, “Hey Google” to play music or get help.

5. Apple - HomePod mini - Blue

Handles up to 1500W peak power (750W RMS); dual voice coil; ribbed Santoprene surround; polypropylene cone; cast aluminum basket; massive ceramic magnet

HomePod mini delivers unexpectedly big sound for a speaker of its size. Place multiple speakers around the house for a connected sound system.¹ With Siri, your do-it-all intelligent assistant helps with everyday tasks and controls your smart home privately and securely.² And HomePod mini works seamlessly with your iPhone.

6. Apple - HomePod mini - Orange

Handles up to 1500W peak power (750W RMS); dual voice coil; ribbed Santoprene surround; polypropylene cone; cast aluminum basket; massive ceramic magnet

HomePod mini delivers unexpectedly big sound for a speaker of its size. Place multiple speakers around the house for a connected sound system.¹ With Siri, your do-it-all intelligent assistant helps with everyday tasks and controls your smart home privately and securely.² And HomePod mini works seamlessly with your iPhone.

7. Apple - HomePod mini - Yellow

HomePod mini delivers unexpectedly big sound for its size. Multiple HomePod mini speakers around the house let family members communicate using Intercom and make a connected sound system. Complete everyday tasks and control your smart home with Siri, the family’s intelligent assistant. Use HomePod mini to control your smart home. All working seamlessly with your Apple devices— securely and privately

HomePod mini delivers unexpectedly big sound for a speaker of its size. Place multiple speakers around the house for a connected sound system.¹ With Siri, your do-it-all intelligent assistant helps with everyday tasks and controls your smart home privately and securely.² And HomePod mini works seamlessly with your iPhone.

8. Apple - HomePod mini - Midnight

HomePod mini delivers unexpectedly big sound for its size. Multiple HomePod mini speakers around the house let family members communicate using Intercom and make a connected sound system. Complete everyday tasks and control your smart home with Siri, the family’s intelligent assistant. Use HomePod mini to control your smart home. All working seamlessly with your Apple devices— securely and privately

HomePod mini delivers unexpectedly big sound for its size. Multiple HomePod mini speakers around the house let family members communicate using Intercom and make a connected sound system. Complete everyday tasks with Siri, the family’s intelligent assistant. Use HomePod mini to control your smart home. All working seamlessly with your Apple devices—securely and privately.

9. Apple - HomePod (2nd Generation) Smart Speaker with Siri - Midnight

High-fidelity audio Amp up everything you hear. HomePod is a powerhouse of a speaker. Apple-engineered audio technology and advanced software deliver high-fidelity sound throughout the room. It intelligently adapts to whatever it’s playing — or wherever it’s playing — and surrounds you in immersive audio that makes everything you listen to sound incredible. Room-filling oomph A high-excursion woofer packs HomePod with deep, rich bass. Its powerful motor drives the diaphragm a remarkable 20 mm, while its bass-EQ mic dynamically tunes low frequencies in real time. Superclean bass. Fills the room. Boom. Hits the high notes HomePod has an array of five beamforming tweeters around its base. They optimize high frequencies to produce detailed, articulate audio with stunning clarity. So you can enjoy crystal-clear vocals and all the details of the instruments — just as if you were there in person. Sound all around. Enjoy a whole new level of spaciousness and layering with HomePod. Its beamforming tweeters precisely beam direct sound, like primary vocals, into the middle of the room, and reflect ambient sound, like the backup band, off the walls — for fully immersive listening. And with Spatial Audio tracks, you’ll experience the sense of being surrounded in music like never before. Optimizes acoustics in real time. Apple silicon unlocks advanced computational audio innovations in HomePod. Using feedback from the system sensor, it runs complex tuning models in real time to preserve dynamic range and maximize acoustic performance. Tuned to the room. With room sensing, HomePod automatically understands its location in a room by using its mics to listen for sound reflections. It tunes sound accordingly, so you’ll enjoy the best listening experience possible no matter where it’s placed. Even more dynamic as a duo. Create a stereo pair to amplify all the music you love. Just place two HomePod speakers in the same room, and you’ll be asked if you want to pair them up. Get ready for a wider soundstage and even more enveloping audio than that of traditional stereo speakers. In the Box HomePod Power cable Documentation

The all-new HomePod delivers groundbreaking, premium sound, from clear, detailed highs to deep, rich bass. Advanced computational audio pushes acoustics further. Spatial Audio provides even more immersive sound. Works seamlessly with all your Apple devices. Connect and control your smart home, privately and securely.

10. Apple - HomePod (2nd Generation) Smart Speaker with Siri - White

High-fidelity audio Amp up everything you hear. HomePod is a powerhouse of a speaker. Apple-engineered audio technology and advanced software deliver high-fidelity sound throughout the room. It intelligently adapts to whatever it’s playing — or wherever it’s playing — and surrounds you in immersive audio that makes everything you listen to sound incredible. Room-filling oomph A high-excursion woofer packs HomePod with deep, rich bass. Its powerful motor drives the diaphragm a remarkable 20 mm, while its bass-EQ mic dynamically tunes low frequencies in real time. Superclean bass. Fills the room. Boom. Hits the high notes HomePod has an array of five beamforming tweeters around its base. They optimize high frequencies to produce detailed, articulate audio with stunning clarity. So you can enjoy crystal-clear vocals and all the details of the instruments — just as if you were there in person. Sound all around. Enjoy a whole new level of spaciousness and layering with HomePod. Its beamforming tweeters precisely beam direct sound, like primary vocals, into the middle of the room, and reflect ambient sound, like the backup band, off the walls — for fully immersive listening. And with Spatial Audio tracks, you’ll experience the sense of being surrounded in music like never before. Optimizes acoustics in real time. Apple silicon unlocks advanced computational audio innovations in HomePod. Using feedback from the system sensor, it runs complex tuning models in real time to preserve dynamic range and maximize acoustic performance. Tuned to the room. With room sensing, HomePod automatically understands its location in a room by using its mics to listen for sound reflections. It tunes sound accordingly, so you’ll enjoy the best listening experience possible no matter where it’s placed. Even more dynamic as a duo. Create a stereo pair to amplify all the music you love. Just place two HomePod speakers in the same room, and you’ll be asked if you want to pair them up. Get ready for a wider soundstage and even more enveloping audio than that of traditional stereo speakers. In the Box HomePod Power cable Documentation

The all-new HomePod delivers groundbreaking, premium sound, from clear, detailed highs to deep, rich bass. Advanced computational audio pushes acoustics further. Spatial Audio provides even more immersive sound. Works seamlessly with all your Apple devices. Connect and control your smart home, privately and securely.