[joshstrange]

My 2 big things with home automation devices (and we can argue if this is really one of those) is:

1) Full voice coverage (I shouldn't have to redirect my voice or scream for it to hear me in any room).

2) Enough devices that talk to it so that it is habit-forming to use it for lights/tv/etc

I can see the HomePod doing 2 as that's more about what you have aside from the HomePod but I'm worried about #1 due to the price tag.

If I have a 3 bedroom house and a large enough Kitchen/Living Room we are talking about 5 devices. For HomePod that is $1,750. For ALL Echo's it's $500. If you were smart and did a mix of say 2 Echo's and the rest Dot's: $320 (At the $40/dot price point, I picked mine up at $30/ea). That is a HUGE price difference. The Dot's were so cheap that I stuck a few in bathrooms as well for even better coverage and it's awesome.