How to stream and control Spotify on your Apple HomePod There has been quite a fuss made of Apple’s approach to the HomePod, with a lot of people calling it an walled garden affair. However, that’s not strictly true you can stream Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music, Pandora, your favourite internet radio stations and a whole lot more on a HomePod using AirPlay. The HomePod can do everything that any other regular AirPlay speaker does, so if your custodia tablet samsung a6 10.1 originale favourite streaming app is on iOS and has an AirPlay option cover iphone 6 silicone then you can beam over your tunes. coque huawei That does, of course, mean getting out your cover per iphone 5 amazon iPhone or iPad to get things started. It also means no “Hey Siri, play Kanye West on Spotify” or “Hey Siri, wake me up at 7.30am with KEXP”, as there is with Amazon’s Echo speakers or Google’s Home devices both of which even let you set Spotify as a default ahead of their own in house streaming services. coque huawei But what about Siri Shortcuts, which allow you to create your own setups for controlling your Apple devices via Siri Well, while Siri Shortcuts will allow you to instantly play services like Overcast on HomePod Spotify has not yet updated its app with Siri Shortcuts support to do so. The custodia flip iphone 5s Ambient’s custodia vintage iphone 6 verdict: Apple HomePod review Siri may not be as smart as she is during Apple Music sessions when custodia cover samsung a50 it comes to answering questions or offering up alternatives, when using Spotify or other alternatives over AirPlay but that’s not to say Apple’s digital assistant goes mute. You’ll have no issues with basic playback controls and Siri can still custodia iphone s relay band cover samsung gt s7580 and song custodia samsung sm g361f information (from Wikipedia) most of the time. Anyway, on with the main event and, given that Spotify is the most popular streaming service on earth and that AirPlay on it can be a bit fiddly we thought we’d talk you through streaming Spotify to your Apple HomePod. coque huawei Spotify app streaming to HomePod Firstly, open the Spotify app on your iPhone or iPad and choose the song you want to get things started with. Click the ‘Devices Available’ button at the bottom, select ‘More Devices’ and then choose your HomePod speaker. Alternatively, if you’re already listening to Spotify on your iPhone and you want to switch the sound to your smart speaker, you can do so without custodia j 5 samsung opening up the Spotify app. coque huawei From Control Center, the music tile will show whatever song you’re currently streaming on cover metallo iphone 7 your phone. Simply 3D Touch (or long press if you’ve got an older iPhone) and press the AirPlay button. Select your HomePod speaker and the music will stop playing on your phone’s speaker (or headphones) and transfer immediately over to your HomePod. You custodia cover iphone 11 pro can also cover samsung galaxy s7 edge cover silicone apple iphone 6s just use the widget on the iPhone’s lock screen to do the same thing. The key is choosing a playlist or an album that you basically want to cover iphone 5c vans listen to in order. Sure, you can skip tracks but that’s about it there’s no requesting Siri to jump to a new collection. Anytime you do want to switch things up you’ll be relying on your iPhone or iPad’s display to select a new playlist or album. Since AirPlay 2 arrived adding muti room and stereo to the HomePod you can, of course, choose to play your Spotify cover iphone 6s originali huawei p8 lite 2017 hoesje tunes back through multiple speakers, or a duo that have been set up as a pair. coque iphone Simply use the method as outlined above, and check the options for the multiple HomePods, or choose a pre set stereo pair. Spotify voice commands for HomePod You can do most of the usual track cover alluminio iphone 6 controls custodia iphone x subacquea that you’d get with Apple Music the big exceptions being skipping tracks forward and playing the previous track (“Hey Siri, play the previous song” just restarts the current song, weirdly). Here are the ones you’ll use the most “Hey Siri, turn the volume up.”"Hey Siri, turn the volume to [x]%.”"Hey Siri, samsung hoesjes turn the volume down.”"Hey Siri, pause this song.”"Hey Siri, resume the song.”"Hey Siri, play the next song.”Musicologist and Siri interactions with Spotify on HomePod As we mentioned above, you can’t ask Siri to play certain albums or playlists (or even songs) on Spotify or other third party streaming services you’ll need to kick start every session on your iOS device.