Questions tagged [homepod]

The HomePod is a smart speaker announced by Apple in June 2017, with first deliveries in February 2018.

There is no third-party development framework, aside from SiriKit. The speaker presumably runs on an iOS variant.

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AirPlay 2 with multiple instances of AVPlayer

Our app plays two audio streams at once: a Foreground (vocal) stream, and a background (music) stream. To handle playback we have 2 AVPlayer instances, one for foreground, and one for background. With AirPlay 1, this works great. You choose the new…
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Is there an API to control HomePod?

I've been able to use HomeKit framework to find homes, rooms and accessories but for some reason the HomePod is not listed as an accessory. Is there some other api that lets an app control the HomePod?
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Siri shortcuts work on iPhone, but not on HomePod

I’m working on app that uses Siri Shortcuts, and I’ve met one strange issue: If I run a shortcut on iPhone, it works well. If I do the same with HomePod, connected to the same iPhone, I get “There is a problem with your app” from Siri. My shortcuts…
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Issue with 'unknown advertising packet type, invalid advertising data, advertising length corrected' Linux, Raspberry Pi, iOS, Homepod

I have been using a small c program I wrote to get bluetooth ble advertising packets from low cost bluetooth temperature sensors. A number of these sensors broadcast their temperature and humidity readings in either type 0 or type 4 bluetooth…
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Can third-party devs control HomePod remotely?

In iOS, you can remotely-control a HomePod via Control Center, the Music app, and Apple’s Podcasts app. If a third-party developer wanted to send an iTunes podcast episode or an Apple Music item to a HomePod, could they build similar in-app controls…
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HomeKit does not show HomePod Accessories and Services

I have multiple HomePods in my house (both HomePod Minis and second generation HomePod) which have humidity and temperature sensors. In the Home app I can clearly see the HomePods and their related temperature and humidity service. However, when I…
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