I was ridiculously excited to review the HomePod mini, Apple's latest small smart speaker. Just like how it's hard to review a kid product honestly without having a kid or two to test it on, it's also hard to review an Apple product if you're not already a ride-or-die Apple fan. As senior editor Michael Calore noted in his review of the first HomePod, Apple products are just not meant for everyone. They're meant for us, the dedicated members of the Apple clan who are writing reviews on our MacBooks Pro and checking Slack on our iPhones, recording step counts on our Apple Watches while listening to Apple Music on AirPods, before turning on Paw Patrol on the Apple TV. I'm an Apple fan, and I've also been in a long and dispiriting battle with the Sonos app that controls my ancient Sonos speakers.