

Tap the top of the HomePod with your finger and keep holding down until the white light turns red. Unplug the HomePod, wait ten seconds, then plug it back in. The first is through the Home app: scroll down to the Details page and tap 'Remove Accessory'.Īlternatively, if the person whose Apple ID was used to set up HomePod isn't around, you can do it manually. Need to reset the HomePod or change the Apple ID associated with it? There are two ways to do this. Sign out of HomePod / reassign a new Apple ID to HomePod Or, to do it manually: dip into the HomePod's page in the Home app, and toggle off/on the Listen for "Hey Siri" option. To turn voice-control back on, tap the top of the HomePod and say "Hey Siri, start listening". When streaming music to HomePod through AirPlay, you're not going to have full Siri support, but you can use Siri to play/pause music, change the volume, and change music tracks.Don't want Siri listening in during a formal family dinner (or don't want anyone else controlling the music)? Simply say "Hey Siri, stop listening" and the HomePod will mute itself. You can't, however, connect devices to the HomePod over a Bluetooth connection.
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You generally need an Apple device to stream music to the HomePod because it requires AirPlay functionality, but some HTC phones support AirPlay, and there are unofficial third-party Android apps that work with AirPlay, so these devices may also work with the HomePod. It will take a few seconds for the iPhone or iPad to connect to HomePod, but once it's connected, your music will be streamed to HomePod from your iPhone.

It might sound like you're out of luck if you subscribe to a third-party music service like Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Prime Music, Google Play Music, Tidal, or another option, but it's not impossible - you can still play content from these services to HomePod, you'll just need to use AirPlay to do it. Natively, you can only stream music on the HomePod through an Apple Music subscription, iTunes purchases, or iTunes Match content uploaded to iCloud Music Library. Apple's new HomePod smart speaker is designed primarily for Apple devices, and it's heavily tied to the Apple ecosystem.
